Samuel Johnson Quotes
There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
Quotes to Explore
-
Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
-
I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.
-
I would like to direct.
-
What Washington needs is adult supervision.
-
I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.
-
I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
-
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
-
I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
-
My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.
-
I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
-
Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
-
A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
-
I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days.
-
If birth matters, midwives matter. In Europe, there are hospitals where the cesarean rate is less than 10%, and you'll find midwives in these hospitals, you'll see a lot less re-admissions with infections and complications, and you'll see a lot less injury to mothers.
-
We must take positions. Our weakness in the West is born of the fact of so-called 'objectivity.' Objectivity does not exist - it cannot exist!... The word is a hypocrisy which is sustained by the lie that the truth stays in the middle. No, sir: Sometimes truth stays on one side only.
-
You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
-
I want to have an impact on my son.
-
Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
-
If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
-
It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.
-
Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to the amount of consideration we show toward others.
-
I am so romantic about Gypsies. They're not allowed to do anything until they get married. So they all get married really young, at sixteen.
-
The obvious rule of efficiency is you don't want to spend more time organizing than it's worth.
-
There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
