Alexander Haig Quotes
The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.
Quotes to Explore
-
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
-
The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.
-
I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
-
When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
-
Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
-
To be thrown onto the stand-up stage is an experience that you cannot fathom until you're actually there, because there's no place to go, and everyone is looking at you and you can't even see them because of the lights. And yet you have to manage to start talking and be funny on top of it.
-
I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
-
Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
-
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
-
One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
-
I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
-
I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
-
Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
-
Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
-
I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
-
You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
-
I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It's a mask, the smallest in the world, but it unveils you. You stand up there and do these exercises that free you, let you play, and see what comes out. What comes out is the truth.
-
Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
-
My grandmother was a chef, and she taught me to cook. One day I want a restaurant, a small Italian grill. That's my aspiration.
-
The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside the frame.
-
It's always so early in here, before the crossroads, before the irrevocable choices. Thank you for this life! Still I miss the alternatives. The sketches, all of them, want to become real.
-
I've been called the journeyman. It's really more by default than it is by design.
-
The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.
-
The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.
