Albert Camus Quotes
The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it. But happiness likewise, in its way, is without reason, since it is inevitable.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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We must not stop speaking the truth to the radical parties because voters will follow those who speak the truth, and European politics will grow more radical, which is in nobody's interest.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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Winning one league title at Roma, to me, is worth winning 10 at Juventus or Real Madrid.
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I feel bad that I'm the one always blamed for the failure of the space business - even though there are problems with government policy toward the space business.
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When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach.
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I regret all of my books.
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During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet.
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I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them.
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Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.
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Life's too short to drink bad wine or smoke poor cigars.
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John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and to go to heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man.
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If a man voluntarily allows himself to be crushed, he yields the oil of moral energy which sustains the world.
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Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground covered we have covered before, only higher up; as we look down the winding stair below us we measure our progress by the number of places where we were but no longer are. The journey is both repetitious and progressive; we go both round and upward.
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Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less experience of parenting and put their genetic eggs in fewer baskets.
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Everything in Formula 1 has been sterilised now, the whole thing is controlled too much.
