Alan Paton Quotes
I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
Quotes to Explore
-
Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.
-
Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
-
The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
-
I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.
-
If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
-
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
-
If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
-
Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
-
If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
-
The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
-
No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
-
One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
-
There should be a policy to have a mechanism in place to decide when and how to import or export.
-
For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
-
The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'
-
The military executes policy decisions.
-
Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
-
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
-
The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.
-
My first gig was 'The Outsiders.' I was 14 there. And probably one of the more jading experiences in my whole life.
-
I began writing for theater, and maybe because of that I've always thought of myself as a theater writer who does work in film sometimes.
-
It does make me sad that there's a lot of great songs out there, and they're not going to see the light of day because they're competing with these tailgate songs.
-
Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.
-
I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
