Confucius Quotes

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

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• Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.

  

  Jack Henry Abbott
  • Done
  • Nothing
  • Over

• It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Life
  • Up
  • Private Life

• The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.

  

  Larry Elder
  • School
  • High
  • Age

• Obamacare is going to destroy the elderly by denying care, by even perhaps denying treatment to people who are in catastrophic circumstances.

  

  Rafael Cruz
  • People
  • Care
  • Circumstances

• I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • World
  • Travel
  • Chance

• I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • Use
  • Boots
  • Edmonton

• The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.

  

  Jack Reed
  • Community
  • Intelligence

• I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • Architecture
  • Much
  • Almost

• All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

  

  Frances Wright
  • Believe
  • Why
  • Nature

• I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Words
  • Loss
  • Even

• Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Love
  • Democracy
  • For Him

• Look, maybe I'm just not good at multi-tasking and am, therefore, jealous of those of you who can get in a workout while yammering on your cell phone, but for the love of all that is good and pure, shut your yap!

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Good
  • Jealous
  • Pure

• You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • You
  • Choose
  • Public

• My parents separated when I was young, and as a result, my father had to learn how to braid our hair on the nights my sisters and I would stay with him. We would arrive to school the next morning with these incredibly endearing lopsided braids he had fashioned. This may have expedited the process of my learning how to braid my own hair.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • School
  • May
  • Father

• It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Me
  • Play
  • Album

• I don't know if I'm a method actor.

  

  Caleb Landry Jones
  • Know
  • Actor
  • Method

• Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

  

  Walter Savage Landor
  • Great
  • Men
  • Greatness

• Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Religion
  • Sacrifice
  • Race

• A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

  

  Kevin Bacon
  • Good
  • Environment
  • Fly

• I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La Tengo and Bedhead. There are other things too, like Pavement. They're a great band, with really good lyrics. But generally, I'm not overwhelmed by the state of indie-rock.

  

  Dean Wareham
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• When I was making 'Strong Island,' it was very clear to me that my brother's death was a point on a line that stretched back into the 1940s and beyond in my family - and in the nation.

  

  Yance Ford
  • Family
  • Death
  • Strong

• I will be the focal point for however long I decide to play. Half of me likes that idea and half of me doesn't, but once the adrenaline kicks in, I'll probably really enjoy it.

  

  Martin Gore Depeche Mode
  • Long

• 'Pain' is more indicative of what I like to do. I'm lyric-conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.

  

  Betty Wright
  • Writing
  • Pain
  • Advice

• He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

  

  Confucius
  • Good
  • Secure
  • Wished