Aristotle Quotes
The avarice of mankind is insatiable; at one time two obols was pay enough; but now, when this sum has become customary, men always want more and more without end.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
-
The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
-
Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
-
I was a huge ham in school in Atlanta.
-
Even though I have Twitter, I only use it to say, 'Oh, this is coming out.' I would never voice anything about me, really.
-
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.
-
Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
-
I don't want to become known as just a body.
-
Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink too much, and so on, you'll pay a price on the course.
-
I'm one of those guys who has to have a constant something going inside and in front of my face. If not, I get in trouble.
-
Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.
-
Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
-
My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.
-
I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it.
-
Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
-
I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.
-
I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.
-
The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.
-
I think being a doctor is really hard, and it's really this thankless, never-ending job. It's not even that you get done with a project. There are always sick people.
-
My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that's how big the patch should be.
-
Good breeding doesn't mean that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice when someone else does.
-
There's kind of this real social pressure to not argue about things.
-
The avarice of mankind is insatiable; at one time two obols was pay enough; but now, when this sum has become customary, men always want more and more without end.
