Cornelius Cardew Quotes
“The desire always to be right is an ignoble taskmaster, as is the desire for immortality. The performance of any vital action brings us closer to death; if it didn't it would lack vitality. Life is a force to be used and if necessary used up.”
Quotes to Explore
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As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
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One of the most important things you can do in your life is to learn to pull back the curtain of fear so you can see it for what it really is - the enemy blowing a lot of smoke and pushing your buttons.
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Much of what we consider the American way of life is rooted in the period of remarkably broad, shared economic growth, from around 1900 to about 1978.
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Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career, 30 was considered on top kind of looking at the end of your career. So I remember thinking about 30 in different ways, but 50 just seems like another step right now.
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After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.
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It's always good to take something that's happened in your life and make something of it comedically.
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I needed a lot of the good things that church provided. But as I grew older, it became increasingly hard for me to rationalize the importance of church in my life with the beliefs that it required that were at odds with modern science.
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The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.
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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.
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I'm very wholehearted. I want to concentrate on one thing in my life at one time.
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Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink.
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I don't live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.
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Work-family conflicts-the trade-offs of your money or your life, your job or your child-would not be forced upon women with such sanguine disregard if men experienced the same career stalls caused by the-buck-stops-here responsibility for children.
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It simply makes sense that I should miss my parents more than they miss me, especially when you consider that they only loved me for thirteen years while I loved them my entire life.
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At the same time, I've never been afraid of death or the concept of death.
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I love dance; that's a big part of my life - like, ballet specifically.
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My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.
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I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.
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The source of so much of my anxiety in life and the tensions in my relationship is my anxiety about my kid. It's all very abstract and unfounded and ungrounded.
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Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.
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When you are insulted, you must not only not resent it, but you must make it an opportunity to exhibit the Son of God in your life. And you cannot imitate the nature of Jesus-it is either in you or it is not. A personal insult becomes an opportunity for a saint to reveal the incredible sweetness of the Lord Jesus.
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I'm a family-based person, even though we didn't exactly have a very happy family. I was never in any doubt that this was a centre of writing.
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Every night there is something to ruminate on. The vagrant mind knows no boundaries.
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“The desire always to be right is an ignoble taskmaster, as is the desire for immortality. The performance of any vital action brings us closer to death; if it didn't it would lack vitality. Life is a force to be used and if necessary used up.”
