Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes
Action and personal happiness have no truck with each other; they are eternally at war.
Quotes to Explore
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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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If you look at my record, I have a clean record.
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Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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I totally consider Fishbowl my full time job - I have to say I freaking love doing this blog. I just enjoy the medium so much; I love the fact that it requires me to read amazing stuff by hilarious and talented people and forces me to know what's going on in the world.
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My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad's Republican, so that's what I decided to register as.
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Anthropologists believe women were among the skilled boxers of the ancient, sport-loving Minoan culture that flourished on Crete until 1100 B.C. The boxing booths at English fairs featured women in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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When I was younger, of course I had people act inappropriately to me. I've had certain directors yell at me. But I didn't stand for it, and I didn't let it go far enough for it to be in any way abusive to me.
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No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security.
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A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.
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Choose your words wisely, because they will influence your happiness, your relationships, and your personal wealth.
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Action and personal happiness have no truck with each other; they are eternally at war.
