Henry David Thoreau Quotes
It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
Quotes to Explore
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The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
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I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be great if I could avoid doing it... Lawsuits are a ridiculous way to do business.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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When I cook certain dishes, I smell my grandmother's kitchen, my grandmother's smells. I thought, 'What a wonderful way to tell a story.'
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If you are playing King Lear you are the centre of attention anyway. You don't need to draw attention to yourself. It's all laid out for you.
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When I was growing up, my dad and I would go hunting and camping every weekend. Like everyone in my family, he is an amazing cook, and I've tried to learn a lot from all of them.
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Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.
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The process of being a writer is much more interior than being a scientist, because science is so reactionary.
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Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
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I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop.
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Rwanda can be a paradise again, but it will take the love of the entire world to heal my homeland. And that's as it should be, for what happened in Rwanda happened to us all - humanity was wounded by the genocide.
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The requirements for our evolution have changed. Survival is no longer sufficient. Our evolution now requires us to develop spiritually - to become emotionally aware and make responsible choices. It requires us to align ourselves with the values of the soul - harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life.
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If all I cared about was me, I could make a million. And that's what they will never understand.
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'You will begin to succeed with your life when the pains and problems of others matter to you.'
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We declare war against socialism, not because it is socialism, but because it has opposed nationalism.... We intend to be an active minority, attract the proletariat away from the official Socialist party. But if the middle class thinks that we are going to be their lightning rods, they are mistaken.
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One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.
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Life is near-death experience.
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You know, of course, the specimens are not alive. We have to fix them in a fixing liquid formaldehyde and then we have to do a rinsing and then we have to coat them in a thin layer of gold.
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I would rather people understand that there is a very, very fortunate American who was given the opportunity, and was in the right place at the right time to have the moment of a lifetime. My mother was born - her name was Marianne Moon. And she was born in 1903, the year that the Wright Brothers first flew.
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Get out on the stage of life.
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When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.
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By nature, men love newfangledness.
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The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
