Lily Collins Quotes
But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.
Quotes to Explore
-
I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
-
As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
-
The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us.
-
The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
-
I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
-
Global issues require common responses: Only together we can create the conditions to defeat Daesh and al Qaeda, block channels for terrorist financing, tackle foreign terrorist fighters.
-
Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart.
-
I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
-
I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tractors and so on, if once a year they gave me money for a free film.
-
Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
-
I'm quite an advocate of free trade.
-
If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.
-
This is my spiritual journey through life, my way of making sense of the world. I don't need permission from anyone or accolades from anyone; it is completely internal.
-
I always wanted to be an actress. It's been very high up on my list of passions, and I did a couple of short courses, and I've studied at school.
-
Our program for American GIs can be heard at 1630 hours.
-
I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
-
Returns matter a lot. It's our capital.
-
I'm a fan of Bradley Cooper's.
-
I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.'
-
I'm not particularly good at running things when once they get to a certain level. Once it gets routine, get me out of the way.
-
A constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it.
-
I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
-
Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system. That is why a severed octopus arm may crawl on its own and even pick up food.
-
But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.
