Beth Harbison Quotes
So your final assignment is a simple one but it’s going to take forever: be happy. No matter what it takes. No matter how embarrassing it might be sometimes, no matter who or what you might have to forgive, no matter how hideous the color of the hat that makes you smile, be happy.
Quotes to Explore
-
We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
-
Why not mix this and that? If soy goes well with fish, how come no one does beef carpaccio with soy? Why do we have such a taste and not another? It's all about culture. There is something, however, that I really don't like: bell peppers.
-
Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
-
Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
-
Guns are beautiful. But I don't like what they do.
-
A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer.
-
When you have very lax parents, you tend to get more conservative kids.
-
I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
-
And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
-
That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.
-
Existence is illusory and it is eternal.
-
Fashion is not interesting unless it has some connection to something outside of that world. It's the same thing with any part of the arts: you can't just take pictures - you have to look at science, to listen to music; you have to be aware of the connections within the world. If you take something in an isolated box, it loses all significance.
-
We're always writing music no matter what. And we're not always acting - we have months off. But we never take a break from songwriting.
-
There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.
-
Kiss me out of desire, but not consolation.
-
I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you're making your critical decisions and sometimes your most critical mistakes.
-
Never index your own book.
-
I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre.
-
When much virtue is achieved, nothing is not overcome.
-
'Halal in the Family' will expose a broad audience to some of the realities of being Muslim in America. By using satire, we will encourage people to reconsider their assumptions about Muslims, while providing a balm to those experiencing anti-Muslim bias. I also hope those Uncles and Aunties out there will crack a smile!
-
When you see results, you start to wonder, 'What would happen if I had oatmeal instead of sausage for breakfast?' You start to eat better because you feel better.
-
A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.
-
Why in the world shouldn't they have regarded with awe and reverence that act by which the human race is perpetuated. Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony.
-
So your final assignment is a simple one but it’s going to take forever: be happy. No matter what it takes. No matter how embarrassing it might be sometimes, no matter who or what you might have to forgive, no matter how hideous the color of the hat that makes you smile, be happy.
