Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
Saint Augustine
I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
Laura Fraser
Actors can't retire. What would they do?
Larry Hagman
Our critics would love nothing more for us to go away and just be quiet. And we won't give them that satisfaction. We have young children that, one day, when they understand more of what's happened and what's transpired, we wanna be able to say to them, you know, we did our best. And we told the truth.
Valerie Plame
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
Eckhart Tolle
I have always wanted to be liked and respected.
O. J. Simpson
I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or directly invigorating my activity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My next desire is, void of care and strife,To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life:A country cottage near a crystal flood,A winding valley, and a lofty wood.
John Dryden
It was never in my heart to slight any man, but only that man should be kept in his place and not sit in the room of God.
Anna Hutchison
Me, I just don't care about proprietary software. It's not 'evil' or 'immoral,' it just doesn't matter. I think that Open Source can do better, and I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is by working on Open Source, but it's not a crusade – it's just a superior way of working together and generating code.
Linus Torvalds
If anyone asks me about songwriting, I guess I'd say that you just gotta do it.
Alex Turner
No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.
Arthur Schopenhauer