Aristotle Quotes
Excellence or virtue is a settled disposition of the mind that determines our choice of actions and emotions and consists essentially in observing the mean relative to us ... a mean between two vices, that which depends on excess and that which depends on defect.
Quotes to Explore
-
To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
-
People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
-
One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
-
I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.
-
I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
-
These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
-
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
-
I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.
-
I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people.
-
Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
-
A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
-
Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
-
Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
-
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
-
It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.
-
My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
-
It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way.
-
I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
-
The worst old age is that of the mind.
-
Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!
-
And killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity.
-
The voice doesn't take a lot of effort now, but in the beginning it was hard to try to find a voice. The one I settled on was just easier to do for a half-hour.
-
There is no point in praying for victory over temptation if we are not willing to make a commitment to say no to it.
-
Excellence or virtue is a settled disposition of the mind that determines our choice of actions and emotions and consists essentially in observing the mean relative to us ... a mean between two vices, that which depends on excess and that which depends on defect.
