Blaise Pascal Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.
-
Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
-
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
-
I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
-
I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
-
The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
-
The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
-
I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
-
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
-
Baseball is not a lot of statistics to me. It's blood and tears.
-
I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
-
The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
-
One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.
-
There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
-
Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
-
I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me to be doing opposing sides simultaneously. I would argue that even though my character on 'Hawaii Five-0' originated on the wrong side of the law, I'd say he's worked his way over to the good side.
-
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
-
Whether it's backing up or starting, I have the confidence to go out there and do good, so I'm gonna play my role.
-
I'm still a small shrimp, not a dragon.
-
I know what it’s like to miss someone. To feel like you’re just…wandering around, lost.
-
You should help a man to take up a burden, but you should not help him put it back down.
-
Tribes makes our lives better, and leading a tribe is the best life of all.
-
Our lives are so dominated by financial concerns - paying the rent - and consumer choices - what sort of detergent to buy at Costco - that larger issues get subsumed into economic ones. Not just social justice, but basic issues of faith and meaning.
-
Man lives between the infinitely large and the infinitely small.
