Amy Chua Quotes
You can coddle your child and tell them, 'You're the best no matter what.' But in the end, when they go out into the real world, I think it's pretty tough out there and other children are cruel.
Quotes to Explore
-
Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
-
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
-
Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.
-
Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
-
I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
-
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
-
Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
-
Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
-
But eventually it is a game of cricket.
-
Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine.
-
There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
-
I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.
-
I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
-
Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
-
It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
-
My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
-
Travelling expands the mind rarely.
-
I'm also pretty resilient and fearless, and when I want something I go for it.
-
Sometimes my faith becomes more sensitive to how people feel, as opposed to what needs to be.
-
People want gimmicks. They have to lose 10 pounds by 8:30 tonight.
-
The compulsively readable events of my life occurred mainly in infancy, and it's been pretty humdrum ever since.
-
I am a great believer rather than the popular scientific way of dealing with things that 'Nothing exists unless you can prove it'. I am pretty much the other way that pretty much anything can exist unless you can disprove it.
-
And she arose, and in that darkening room Stood lonely as a spirit of the night - Stood calm and fearless in the gathered night - And raised her eyes to heaven. There were tears Upon her face, but in her heart was peace. Peace that the world nor gives nor takes away!
-
You can coddle your child and tell them, 'You're the best no matter what.' But in the end, when they go out into the real world, I think it's pretty tough out there and other children are cruel.
