Cary Elwes (Ivan Simon Cary Elwes) Quotes

It's true in life, as in the movies, that the greatest highs are often followed by the lowest lows.

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• The danger I faced was not accepted as reasonable grounds for deferring my tax payments, as authorities, who despite being told all of this, still chose to pursue action against me, as opposed to finding an alternative solution.

  

  Lauryn Hill Fugees
  • Action
  • Danger
  • Tax

• The sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character.

  

  Zacharia Wahls
  • Character
  • Parents
  • Zero

• In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, "This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for". No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.

  

  George Foreman
  • Waiting
  • Easy
  • Boxing

• People tend to think of their lives as having a dramatic arc, because they read too much fiction.

  

  Will Self
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Dramatic

• The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired.

  

  William Falconer
  • May
  • Degrees
  • Ships

• The fact that Hillary Clinton is pushing for paid family leave and also for affordable childcare will make a huge difference for working women who aren't as lucky as I am to be able to hire a nanny when I work. And who aren't lucky enough to necessarily have their husbands be able to take off work. That will make a huge, huge difference.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Difference
  • Pushing
  • Childcare

• I am a born fighter throughout my political life. I have not lost my heart by the results of the Parliamentary elections.

  

  H. D. Deve Gowda
  • Life
  • Elections
  • Politic

• Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away.

  

  Nicolas Berggruen
  • Giving
  • Growing
  • Pot

• She was made up of skin and bones and hate and crazy, and hate and crazy don't weigh anything.

  

  Barry Lyga
  • Hate
  • Skin
  • Bones

• The supreme test of service is this: For whom am I doing this? Much that we call service to Christ is not such at all....If we are doing this for Christ, we shall not care for human reward or even recognition.

  

  Arthur Tappan Pierson
  • Care
  • Service
  • Recognition

• I was very sad for many days when I discovered that in the world there were poor people and rich people; and the strange thing is that the existence of the poor did not cause me as much pain as the knowledge that at the same time there were people who were rich.

  

  Evita Peron
  • People
  • Knowledge
  • Pain

• The most important philosophy I think is that even if it isn't true you must absolutely assume there is no afterlife.

  

  Stephen Fry
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Philosophy

• Space is not only high, it's low. It's a bottomless pit.

  

  Sun Ra
  • Space
  • Lows
  • Pits

• Now then, if we were to go the lowest road and plaster my face on the bottle of oil and vinegar dressing just to line our pockets, it would sink. But to go the low road to get to the high road- shameless exploitation for charity, for the common good- now that's an idea worth the hustle, a reciprocal trade agreement.

  

  Paul Newman
  • Ideas
  • Charity
  • Common

• Luck is being ready for the chance.

  

  J. Frank Dobie
  • Luck

• You can teach students how to work; you can teach them technique - how to use reason; you can even give them a sense of proportions - of order. You can teach them general principles.

  

  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  • Work
  • Students
  • Principles

• These days, it's often women in uniform - moms, wives, even grandmothers - who deploy and leave their families behind.

  

  Tulsi Gabbard
  • Families
  • Uniform
  • Deploy

• It's true in life, as in the movies, that the greatest highs are often followed by the lowest lows.

  

  Cary Elwes
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  • Lowest