Elizabeth Charles Quotes
To know how to say what others only know how to think is what makes men poets or sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think makes men martyrs or reformers-- or both.
Quotes to Explore
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
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Impulses are hard to come by these days.
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No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
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If I could wave a magic wand, we would eliminate income tax; we would eliminate corporate tax. We would abolish the IRS, and we could replace all of it with one federal consumption tax.
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.
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The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.
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Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
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I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.
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As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.
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I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it.
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When you're on set, you have to perform and look the part.
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People are going to get older and young guys are going to come in and race and get more competitive.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures.
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My idea of fast food is a mallard.
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We Greeks are the blacks of Europe.
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The purpose of Disneyland is to make people smile.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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When you become a leader, you lose the right to think about yourself.
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To know how to say what others only know how to think is what makes men poets or sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think makes men martyrs or reformers-- or both.
