William Pickens Quotes

. . . every age thinks it is perfect, especially in religion.

William Pickens

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• Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • People
  • Home
  • Help

• I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.

  

  Said Sayrafiezadeh
  • People
  • Truth
  • History

• We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Death
  • Winning
  • Dying

• When there's no push back against Islamophobic rhetoric, people see that as tacit endorsement of anti-Islamic rhetoric.

  

  Ibrahim Hooper
  • People
  • See
  • Islamic

• We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Circumstances
  • Rule
  • Within

• No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

  

  Orville Wright
  • Fly
  • New York
  • Paris

• What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.

  

  Ze Frank
  • Funny
  • Human
  • Superior

• Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Heart
  • Help
  • Mirror

• I understand how the economy actually works.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Understand
  • Economy
  • How

• I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.

  

  Rafael Vinoly
  • Believe
  • Think
  • Fall

• People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.

  

  Patrice O'Neal
  • People
  • Life
  • Job

• What's really interesting about actors, is that we all have opinions on how people's careers look, but I think you never have any idea of your own, or what other people think of you.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • People
  • Think
  • Interesting

• Stereotyping of any race or culture is narrow-minded, and I can't wait to help break the shackles.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Help
  • Culture
  • Wait

• I was possessed by London.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • London
  • Possessed

• I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.

  

  Rachel Corrie
  • People
  • Ability
  • Survive

• A lot of the futuristic space stuff seemed to me to be a very cool form of science-fiction, so that was my first real baptism in the genre.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Science
  • Space
  • Fiction

• Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Time
  • First
  • Innocence

• In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

  

  Harri Holkeri
  • People
  • Change
  • Confidence

• I do not look at myself every morning and think: 'Oh, my gosh, I am so perfect, so beautiful, so talented.' No, I like to make fun of myself.

  

  Marion Bartoli
  • Fun
  • Beautiful
  • Perfect

• The value of a story like 'Deadline' is kids get to look at death at the perfect distance. They can put the book down. They can experience the story, rub up against it, but it's not real life.

  

  Chris Crutcher
  • Life
  • Up
  • Real

• If you're going to be an artist, you have to create music that moves you, and to not try to fit in so much with what's happening around you. It's a career choice. I could have done other kinds of songs that got me in the radio or Top 10, but I wouldn't feel proud of the work. I come up short when I create music I don't like, and fans can tell too. The goal isn't to get into it to be famous; the goal is to perfect your craft and create your own sound.

  

  Domenica Costa
  • Trying
  • Song
  • Perfect

• Very rarely is there any confusion as to when a painting or a song is finished. You just know when it's done.

  

  Brandon Boyd Incubus
  • Done
  • Song
  • Painting

• . . . every age thinks it is perfect, especially in religion.

  

  William Pickens
  • Perfect
  • Religion
  • Thinks