Carl Sandburg Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
-
The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
-
Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
-
I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
-
Faith is personal if it's to be real.
-
I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I'd go work with him to do anything.
-
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
-
I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
-
There's no more important bonding thing than a mother doing the daughter's hair. We sit at our mother's knee and learn who we are.
-
I grew up pretty much with nothing.
-
I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.
-
Paddy Considine is a great friend of mine, and he is a natural actor because he is an artist, and I'm not an artist. If I ever blow my own trumpet, it's as a craftsman.
-
During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
-
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
-
My idea of an actor is to be different persons with different roles. Every time a script interests me, I look for interesting characters because I intend to completely transport myself into it. This happens only because I am a very greedy actor. I am not part of the rat race because I am living a dream.
-
I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
-
The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices, electric light and water closets, and nothing else.
-
Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'
-
There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannises over the body. There is the despot who tyrannises over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannises over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.
-
Because trans people are marked as artificial, unnatural, and illegitimate, our bodies and identities are often open to public dissection. Plainly, cisgender folks often take it as their duty to investigate our lives to see if we're real.
-
I was on the lookout for something different, as I was exhausted with the fiction space. When I was asked to host 'Tujhse Naaraz Nahin Zindagi,' it was not as an actor but as an individual, and on being explained the concept, I found it interesting and accepted it since it was about real people and real life.
-
The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
