Elbert Hubbard Quotes

Perfume; Any smell that is used to drown a worse one.

Elbert Hubbard

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• Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Women
  • Children
  • Anxiety

• Of course, I loved the Spice Girls. I loved Geri and Baby, but who liked Posh Spice? They said I looked like her, and I said: 'That's not cool, that's really mean.'

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Cool
  • Baby
  • Loved

• I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Good
  • Think
  • Body

• I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Anti-Semitism
  • Europeans
  • Italians

• I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.

  

  Kaitlin Olson
  • Up
  • Good
  • Sports

• They can say I have an opinion about something.

  

  Dan Abrams
  • Opinion
  • Something
  • Say

• When I was growing up as a little girl and as a teenager, I loved designing and making dogs' clothes and wanting to be a fashion designer. I took art and ceramics. I loved dance.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Up
  • Art
  • Girl

• Be aware of who in your life is actually interested in hearing you discuss your writing, and who's just asking to be polite. Listening to writers talk about their work is often excruciatingly dull.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Life
  • Work
  • Writing

• My director is usually aware of what works for me and what doesn't. For 'Srimanthudu,' I have to give full credit to director Koratala Sivagaru for handling my character the way he did.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Character
  • Way
  • Works

• Being an individual takes effort. Most people are pretty lazy. And that's OK! I mean, there are more important things than fashion. If it's going to stress you out to have a sense of style, don't do it. The important thing is to be comfortable so you can get on with your life.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • People
  • Life
  • Important

• As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Work
  • City
  • Work Hard

• We've been programmed, from the time that we were very, very little, about what we can't do - about what is impossible.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Time
  • Impossible
  • Little

• I want to try something different in Hollywood, to tell the audience I am not just an actor star - I am an actor, too.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Star
  • Audience
  • Actor

• 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Why
  • Knowledge
  • Hand

• And who would deny the intellect and will of girls? That would be questioning their full humanity. On the average, abstract and mere intellectual activity is not suitable for them; they want to understand reality completely, and they want to comprehend not merely with the intellect but also with the heart.

  

  Edith Stein
  • Heart
  • Reality
  • Humanity

• If you see yourself as God and then you come back from this state and somebody says, 'Hey, Sam, empty the garbage!' it catches you back into the model of 'I'm Sam who empties the garbage.' You can't maintain these new kinds of structures. It takes a while to realize that God can empty garbage.

  

  Ram Dass
  • God
  • Model

• Mystic equality lies in abstraction, not in having or in doing, which are processes. In function and process, one man, one part, must of necessity be subordinate to another. It is a condition of being.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Lies
  • Equality

• Science repulses the indefinite.

  

  Claude Bernard
  • Science

• I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground up.

  

  Jim Rogers
  • Up
  • Time
  • Great

• And patience flees my heart, And reason flees my mind. Oh, how drunk can I get to be, Without your love's security?

  

  Rumi
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Love

• When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved. And it's hard, man. They brainwash you to think you're doing the right thing.

  

  Pauly Shore
  • People
  • Work

• I get a lot of heat from the Left, which is bizarre. I get a lot of heat from the Right, too, but the vitriol is from the Left.

  

  Jake Tapper

• I might be in a little decline. I don't know. How many guys that have played 150 games are still on the upswing? I've played a lot of games, a lot of snaps.

  

  Logan Mankins

• Perfume; Any smell that is used to drown a worse one.

  

  Elbert Hubbard