Elizabeth May Quotes

Those who take action have a disproportionate impact. The power of one is to move many.

Elizabeth May

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• We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Up
  • She
  • Friends

• I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Wish
  • Question
  • Tired

• Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?

  

  Garry Trudeau
  • School
  • High
  • Kid

• Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • War
  • Politics
  • Without

• I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.

  

  Larry Flynt
  • You
  • Purpose
  • Hustler

• I work with people like Spielberg and Abrams all the time.

  

  Gabriel Basso
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • Better
  • Face
  • Election

• There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.

  

  Hale White
  • Life
  • Art
  • Lies

• I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Time
  • Free
  • Sometimes

• I know I'm going to be remembered for football. That's why I work so hard at it.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Work
  • Why
  • Know

• The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility.

  

  Vernor Vinge
  • Human
  • Race
  • Extinction

• 'There was only one cadet I ever really hated. Just one name I can think of,' The Boo said. 'That'll make an interesting story for the book, Colonel. Who is the jerk?' I asked. 'It was you, Conroy. Just you. There was something about you that I hated when you first walked into fourth battalion, you worthless bum.'

  

  Pat Conroy
  • Book
  • Interesting

• Free education for all - whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable.

  

  Cyril Ramaphosa
  • Free
  • Education

• I'm an optimist by nature, myself, I think.

  

  Emily Mortimer
  • Nature

• Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love.

  

  Marshall McLuhan
  • True
  • Hate

• Grace, like an angel of mercy, makes his voice heard sweet and clear, repeating the story of the cross, the matchless love of Jesus.

  

  Ellen G. White
  • Jesus
  • Sweet
  • Angel

• I wish I was a shredder that could play everything, but I don't have the patience.

  

  Dave Navarro Jane's Addiction
  • Wish
  • Patience

• I developed my style by pickin' a lot of cotton, plowin' that ole mule every day. I just got the rhythm, and any rhythm I need I know where it is; I know where to find it.

  

  John Hunter
  • Style

• In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

  

  Jena Malone
  • Professional

• I went to theater school at Northwestern, and I was quite conservative. Reagan at the time seemed quite revolutionary, or at least a rock star: He was radical and kind of punk rock.

  

  John Cameron Mitchell
  • Time
  • School
  • Rock

• The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say "Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering" - come on. For us, even in the rotten ones, we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer.

  

  George Clooney
  • Character
  • Guy
  • Mean

• There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air.

  

  Travis Barker Blink-182
  • Home
  • Responsibility
  • Air

• Those who take action have a disproportionate impact. The power of one is to move many.

  

  Elizabeth May
  • Power
  • Action
  • Move