Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Neither a work of nature nor one of art we get to know when they have been finished; we must surprise them in the process of beingcreated so as to understand them to some degree.

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• I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Girl
  • Very
  • Starbucks

• There are no rebels in the cinema business.

  

  Beatrice Dalle
  • Business
  • Cinema
  • Rebels

• I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.

  

  Gayle Forman
  • Good
  • Know
  • Street

• I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.

  

  Jackee Harry
  • Beautiful
  • Like
  • Clothing

• As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.'

  

  Dan T. Cathy
  • God
  • Society
  • Marriage

• You feel it in there, pacing your heart sometimes, and it has what's called a defibrillator. Should I suffer that arhythmia, it's generally sudden death. And the paddles that are internal shock you back and restore your rhythm to its normal and natural state.

  

  Victoria Gotti
  • Heart
  • Death
  • Sometimes

• If the artists would just keep hammering away - unify, stick together - then music will become the king again, which is what it should be.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Music
  • Together
  • King

• Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Children
  • Financial
  • Divorce

• U.N. Security Council resolutions are only as effective as their enforcement.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Security
  • Resolutions

• The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • Success
  • Start
  • Scared

• Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word.

  

  Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Thinking
  • She
  • Beautiful

• I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.

  

  Ed Stoppard
  • Fashion
  • Retreat
  • Cave

• I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.

  

  Tao Lin
  • People
  • Time
  • Music

• If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.

  

  Nancy Kress
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Moving

• I'm very proud of 'Valhalla Rising.'

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Proud
  • Very
  • Rising

• I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.

  

  Yelawolf
  • Music
  • Love
  • Why

• Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.

  

  Olga Korbut
  • Life
  • Road
  • Same

• Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.

  

  Zara Phillips
  • Good
  • Bad
  • You

• These people in the North-east of Ireland, from old prejudices perhaps more from anything else, from the whole of their past history, would prefer, I believe, to accept the government of a foreign country rather than submit to be governed by honourable gentlemen below the gangway i.e. the Irish Nationalist Party.

  

  Bonar Law
  • History
  • Government
  • I Believe

• I've always known that I'll have a career for the rest of my life because they'll always make movies about men, and men need women in their lives. But, when it comes to telling a woman's story, they're complex, circular, and not genre-driven.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Life
  • Men
  • Women

• I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing.

  

  Humphry Davy
  • Belief
  • Genius
  • Blessing

• There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Understand
  • Intelligence
  • Kinds

• Neither a work of nature nor one of art we get to know when they have been finished; we must surprise them in the process of beingcreated so as to understand them to some degree.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Understand
  • Finished
  • Work Of Nature