Alan Paton Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I would like my kids to study well.
-
I can't take anything seriously.
-
Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.
-
Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
-
At age three, if you have a still-growing brain, it's a human behavior. In chimps, by age three, the brain is formed over 90 percent. That's why they can cope with their environment very easily after birth - faster than us, anyway. But in humans, we continue to grow our brains. That's why we need care from our parents.
-
I look formidable.
-
Perhaps anti-depressants should be best reserved for the very extreme cases and, more importantly, for those who do not respond to alternative forms of interventions.
-
At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!
-
I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
-
True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun.
-
The more science I studied, the more I saw that physics becomes metaphysics and numbers become imaginary numbers. The farther you go into science, the mushier the ground gets. You start to say, 'Oh, there is an order and a spiritual aspect to science.'
-
I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.
-
The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
-
I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.
-
You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal.
-
I have a whole area in my closet for displaying shoes. They are in rows. But nobody comes in my closet, so they are only on display for me. It's pretty spectacular.
-
When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.
-
Moonlight is sculpture.
-
Time and again our best and brightest have alerted society to looming problems, but our persistent pattern has been to ignore the warnings and suffer the consequences. The pathetic refrain of recent years --'Nobody saw this coming'--is always a self-serving lie.
-
Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?
-
People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
-
I get nervous before everything - dates, filming, award shows. I just don't want to say something stupid. But as soon as I step out on that stage, or as soon as I show up to a date, it all goes away, and I just have a great time with whoever I'm with.
-
I will never retire.
-
Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
