Vaclav Havel Quotes

In any case, ideals are something we strive for; they are somewhere on the horizon of our efforts; they provide meaning and direction; they are not, however, static quotas that we either fulfill or do not.

Vaclav Havel

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• I wrote five issues of that and got the sack. Actually, they paid me for eight, but they changed their minds about the direction and threw three issues out the window.

  

  Eddie Campbell
  • Issues
  • Direction
  • Paid

• If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • Country
  • Military
  • Guilty

• To be honest, I have never thought about getting into direction.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Never
  • Thought
  • Direction

• I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.

  

  Halsey
  • Direction
  • Fan
  • Horizon

• The problem is that when polls are wrong, they tend to be wrong in the same direction. If they miss in New Hampshire, for instance, they all miss on the same mistake.

  

  Nate Silver
  • Problem
  • Mistake
  • Same

• I have been talking to a lot of people who don't normally vote Democratic - independents and Republicans. They have been voting for Democrats because they think it's important to change the direction America is going.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • People
  • Important
  • America

• At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic.

  

  Ziaur Rahman
  • Taken
  • Head
  • Direction

• Charles Bean is a brilliant director. I come in with an idea and try to do it, but I fall on my face. And then, he says, 'Wait a minute, there was a little moment in there. Let's try that moment and expand in that direction.'

  

  Lance Henriksen
  • Fall
  • Moment
  • Try

• My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all over the map, when there's a couple traditional things, a couple pretty rocking things.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Best

• I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Want
  • Pride
  • Direction

• I look forward to representing the voters of District 30 and moving the state in a new direction.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Moving
  • New
  • Direction

• You get callbacks, and they either give it to what they call a 'name' performer, or they decide to go in an entirely different direction.

  

  Tanya Fischer
  • Different
  • You
  • Name

• Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

  

  Edgar Lee Masters
  • Achievement
  • Gift
  • Strive

• Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • Eyes
  • Line
  • Horizon

• There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Always
  • Fishing
  • Horizon

• I strive to create new opportunities in terms of partnerships and new works being presented and things you haven't seen anywhere else. Also to help you see old things in ways you haven't seen them before.

  

  Damian Woetzel
  • Help
  • Opportunities
  • Strive

• The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.

  

  Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • Brain
  • Direction
  • Ordinary

• So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Think
  • Moving
  • Direction

• I study the Bible constantly. I teach the Bible. You know, I'm a Bible conductor, and I have a lot of people studies. But also, I see how small things really help people to get over humps in their life. Gives them direction.

  

  George Benson
  • People
  • Life
  • Help

• We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.

  

  Cat Power
  • Trying
  • Mistake
  • Persons

• It's great to be young and insane.

  

  Michael Keaton
  • Great
  • Young
  • Insane

• I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom.

  

  Esther Dyson
  • Business
  • Learned
  • Ignore

• Thats not a good idea. People need to stay away, ... If they show up and disrupt what were doing, we will arrest them for obstructing justice.

  

  Brian Walker
  • People
  • Idea
  • Stay Away

• In any case, ideals are something we strive for; they are somewhere on the horizon of our efforts; they provide meaning and direction; they are not, however, static quotas that we either fulfill or do not.

  

  Vaclav Havel
  • Direction
  • Strive
  • Horizon