Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.
Quotes to Explore
-
When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
-
Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
-
With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
-
Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
-
When you're 21, you think, 'Oh God, when I'm 36, oh God, that's nearly 40 and I'll look really old and wrinkly by then.' And actually, I quite like the way I look.
-
You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.
-
If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.
-
There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.
-
Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?
-
I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
-
I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
-
I invested all my money in debt.
-
I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.
-
Even after he was gone, I still loved my father. I looked Norwegian, like him, with a long face, strong jaw, thin mouth, and flashing eyes. And, like him, I was verbal, easygoing, and low-key on the surface, and, deep down, proud, socially paranoid, full of self-loathing, and prone to rage at injustice.
-
I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists.
-
I've always considered myself something of a musical rebel.
-
Most of the people at my headline shows are in their 20s, but it varies a ton: like, I've had a six-year-old hug my leg after the show and a 60-year-old shake my hand. It's cool to see people connecting with the music across different generations.
-
I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.
-
We are from the very middle class family. We have not come from the English medium school. We came from our regional languages school.
-
A single blow must destroy the enemy... without regard of losses... a gigantic all-destroying blow.
-
I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
-
I didn't understand in the beginning that the editor didn't want me to know the author. I'd make an effort to meet the author, but it would end up being a disaster because then I had the author telling me what I should be doing.
-
...the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
-
Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.
