Marcel Proust Quotes
The idea of dying is worse than dying itself, but less cruel than the idea that another has died.
Quotes to Explore
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Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.
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The Florida peninsula is, in fact, an emerging plateau, honeycombed with voids and vents, caves and underground waterways. Travelers on Interstate Highway I-75 have no idea that, beneath them, are cave labyrinths still being mapped by speleologists - 'cavers,' they prefer to be called.
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Every idea has its time.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
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It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.
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The Christian Coalition is still about Christianity, even if it's an idea of Christianity that many Christians might not go along with.
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My dad was a serious alcoholic, and ultimately, that's why he died. When you're a child of someone who struggled with things like that, you look for the common thread. Is there a pattern? Is there an inheritance of pathology in some way? That haunts me.
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I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
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I didn't even understand the whole idea of Hollywood.
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Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.
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When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.
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It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.
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I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea.
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It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
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Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.
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I've always been suspicious of collective truths. I think an idea is true when it hasn't been put into words and that the moment it's put into words it becomes exaggerated. Because the moment it's put into words there's an abuse, an excess in the expression of the idea that makes it false.
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When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.
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Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were cynical and jaded; some already had conservatory training, and they were there simply to get that Yale stamp of approval, which they saw as a career stepping-stone.
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As far as starting or not starting, that means more to some players than others. And if it means more to someone else, I think you should let them start and just go out there and do your job when it's your turn.
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The idea of dying is worse than dying itself, but less cruel than the idea that another has died.
