Caroline Myss Quotes
Silence is a learned practice that requires far more than just not talking. Not talking is not silence; it's just not talking.
Quotes to Explore
-
If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results.
-
Mobile technology makes us ever more mobile, increasingly permitting not just easier movement around a home base but permanent international relocation.
-
The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.
-
It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.
-
The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
-
I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.
-
Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
-
The fun of sitting around Pangong Lake with 40 guys around a fireplace, having a glass of wine... staying in one camp together... that's an experience. Waking up at 5 in the morning, watching the sun come up. You don't do these things in Bombay.
-
Only a fool can't be fooled.
-
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. The more stupid the man, the larger his stock of adamantine assurances, the heavier his load of faith.
-
Not too many people can afford for the wife to stay home and raise the kids.
-
I find it valuable to watch what I do. I like to know when I'm making a choice if it actually works or not.
-
I managed to get onto 'The Hobbit,' which is a story in itself. I missed the main round of auditions but managed to get a foot in the door at the last second - just as I came down with dysentery.
-
That's one of my strengths, that I can adjust, and I can play with anyone.
-
The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project.
-
The state of Israel will stand as one entity against any attempt to boycott its products.
-
If you are a lousy teacher, you should be fired.
-
In 2007, when I was a lawyer for the public interest group Free Press, I helped draft the complaint to the FCC against Comcast for secretly blocking BitTorrent and other technologies.
-
If you had asked people in 1929, 'Here is what is about to happen. How much would you pay to avoid the Great Depression from occurring?' The answer is they would have paid a lot. They would have borrowed money if it could be used to prevent the Great Depression.
-
Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. But it's better if you do.
-
I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
-
Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.
-
Some of the subject matter is a little less weighty. When we were writing for Mr. Show, we were talking about how is this going to stand up to the test of time. Every little piece had to be this brilliant comedy jewel.
-
Silence is a learned practice that requires far more than just not talking. Not talking is not silence; it's just not talking.
