Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
The same old hypocrisy. Life is a fight, and the strongest wins. All civilization does is hide the blood and cover up the hate with pretty words!
Quotes to Explore
-
When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
-
With the rapid growth of Internet users in China bringing online video into a new paradigm, the market scale we first envisioned as an online video website back in 2006 has grown significantly.
-
I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
-
Tone can be as important as text.
-
Real leaders have to live a paradoxical life, where they must break the rules in order to maintain them. If your expectations are high, you're setting yourself up for disillusionment. The land of governance is paved with gray streets, not black or white ones.
-
Excellence always sells.
-
Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
-
There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
-
I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
-
I think often the West does not understand the history and the privilege of wearing a hijab. They always think of oppression.
-
I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
-
My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.
-
I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.
-
When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope.
-
To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
-
Do not let the word 'tripe' deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!
-
Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable.
-
I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in.
-
To be acknowledged outside of my city is amazing to me, because I don't really feel like I did nothing distasteful. I made the music I want to make, and people started to like it.
-
I like Brando's acting … and James Dean … and Richard Widmark. Quite a few of 'em I like.
-
Do you not remember me, Nicodemus, who believed in naught but the laws and decrees and was in continual subjection to observances? And behold me now, a man who walks with life and laughs with the sun from the first moment it smiles upon the mountain until it yields itself to bed behind the hills.
-
How does one endure in a place they shouldn't be condemned to live in? You could take that same question and apply it to any number of neighborhoods in any number of cities.
-
Kate Moss makes you dream. She has such a passion for art and the creative process.
-
The same old hypocrisy. Life is a fight, and the strongest wins. All civilization does is hide the blood and cover up the hate with pretty words!
