Marcus Aurelius Quotes
Look at everything that exists, and observe that it is already in dissolution and change, and as it were putrefaction or dispersion, or that everything is so constituted in nature as to die.
Quotes to Explore
-
I would like my kids to study well.
-
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
-
It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
-
You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.
-
I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously before I throw something that serious in their face.
-
Unless a Western's made money - doesn't matter who made the money, doesn't matter what the subject is - if the last one didn't make any money, you can't make another one for a four-year period. Westerns more than any genre.
-
I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.
-
I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
-
It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
-
I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.
-
I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.
-
We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
-
I found a red Oscar de la Renta raincoat, and it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
-
The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.
-
Being single has its ups and downs, and being in a relationship has its ups and downs. It depends on how you balance it and how you handle your problems within your relationship.
-
But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.
-
Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake.
-
Many's the dead author whose body of work has been marred by overzealous publishers or family members. If this happens to me, I vow to seek out the responsible parties and haunt them to the point of death.
-
I'm a painter, really. To be successful, you have to go to Hollywood, and I didn't like to travel.
-
Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.
-
I started out in the 'Cure' reflecting things that I thought were important, and it's reached a point where it takes over and becomes the thing that is important.
-
Sade has barely made a dent on American academic consciousness. It is his violence far more than his sex which is so hard for liberals to accept. For Sade, sex is violence. Violence is the authentic spirit of mother nature.
-
I've been doing African dance all my life.
-
Look at everything that exists, and observe that it is already in dissolution and change, and as it were putrefaction or dispersion, or that everything is so constituted in nature as to die.
