George Washington Quotes

When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.

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• I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Comedy
  • Serious
  • Too

• Not long after 'The Pacific,' I began shooting the comedy 'Larry Crowne,' which was also with Tom Hanks, who also directed and plays the title character.

  

  Rami Malek
  • Long
  • Character
  • Comedy

• There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.

  

  Quico Canseco
  • Up
  • Giving
  • Liberty

• Thinking differently is my strength.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Thinking
  • Strength

• Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

  

  Maimonides
  • Same
  • Liar
  • Pen

• When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.

  

  Gary Dourdan
  • Books
  • Alien
  • Resurrection

• I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Women
  • Why
  • May

• We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.

  

  Yahoo Serious
  • People
  • Time
  • Live

• If I were to explore music, I'd want to just focus on that and make that my priority.

  

  Maia Mitchell
  • Music
  • Focus
  • Explore

• His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Knowledge
  • Teach
  • Nothing

• I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.

  

  Gattlin Griffith
  • Pretty
  • Growing
  • Actor

• Social media buzz can lead to huge successes when people spread the word about something they love and want to share. But authors creating their own buzz? Making their own noise? It's hard to make a lot of noise on our own about our own work. Except, sadly, negative noise.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • People
  • Work
  • Negative

• People love to see reactions, they love to see emotions that come about.

  

  LaToya London
  • People
  • Love
  • Emotions

• The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Up
  • Money
  • Why

• I loved watching so many of the great designers I've worked with do what they do. That's why I'm still loyal to the designers that I've known since I was 16.

  

  Naomi Campbell
  • Great
  • Why
  • Loved

• Whenever I've not known what to do, I've always gone back to the Carter Family because there was nothing like singing with my aunts and my mom to my grandma.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Family
  • Mom
  • Singing

• Men are to be estimated, not from what they know, but from what they are able to perform

  

  Adam Ferguson
  • Men

• I hold no dream of fortune vast,Nor seek undying fame.I do not ask when life is pastThat many know my name.I may not own the skill to riseTo glory's topmost height,Nor win a place among the wise,But I can keep the right.And I can live my life on earthContented to the end,If but a few shall know my worthAnd proudly call me friend.

  

  Edgar Guest
  • Life
  • Live
  • May

• Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of me.

  

  Sun Myung Moon
  • World
  • Individual
  • Foolish

• A true friend never asks of you what they know you would never ask of them.

  

  Alan Carrun
  • Know
  • Friend
  • Ask

• I do think that exercise is important, not only to keep you in shape but also for your state of mind. However, I am not fanatical about it.

  

  Donatella Versace
  • Important
  • Mind
  • Exercise

• Yellow is a very favorable vibration for mental or intellectual activity, as it promotes a clear state of mind. Yellow heightens your awareness and alleviates depression, sadness, or any kind of despondency. Yellow vibration foods are: pineapples, bananas, grapefruit, lemons and corn.

  

  Tae Yun Kim
  • Mind
  • Depression

• In order to get to the other side of the shore, you have to lose sight of this one!

  

  Steven Tyler Aerosmith
  • Order
  • Sides
  • Loses

• When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.

  

  George Washington
  • Mind
  • President
  • Humans