George Graham Vest Quotes
In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.
Quotes to Explore
-
If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.
-
Being evil is easy.
-
I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
-
Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
-
The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
-
When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
-
People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
-
To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
-
It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
-
Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.
-
I trained as a dancer when I was much younger, for a large amount of time, like 6 or 7 years. Not to be a ballet dancer, actually, but I thought it was a complement for an actor. I thought that actors should know how to move, should know how to juggle, should know how to do acrobatics.
-
We need a Palestinian state - that is the ultimate goal, and this is the position of all the European Union.
-
We have a 25-year head start for the stories of 'Scorpion.' By the time we get to Season Two and Three, the stuff that happened because of Season One will actually fuel Season Three. So it'll become a self-sustainable show.
-
Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
-
'Can't Stop the Music' has become a cult film. It's kind of shocking to me. People come up to me all the time and say, 'I just saw it!'
-
I am a little shy of any assumption of moral indignation. There is always in it an element of self-satisfaction which makes it awkward to anyone who has a sense of humour.
-
Tahiti is very far away, and I knew that I should never see it again. A chapter of my life was closed, and I felt a little nearer to inevitable death.
-
The more a man is trained to 'be a man,' the more he is trained to protect women and children, not hurt women and children. He is trained to volunteer to die before even a stranger is hurt – especially a woman or child.
-
'What will they do when they have only the herbs' he asked her.'Live or die as best they can,' she said. 'Everything truly alive dies sooner or later.'
-
You are who you are at this moment because of everything that's ever happened to you, everything that you carried forward for yourself.
-
In commemoration of the fact that France was our ally in securing independence the citizens of that nation joined with the citizens of the United States in placing in New York harbor an heroic statue representing Liberty enlightening the world. What course shall our nation pursue? Send the statue of Liberty back to France and borrow from England a statue of William the Conqueror?
-
So when you think you're the only one who can't find love in this world, tell yourself there's another one who's waiting for you somewhere.
-
In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.
