Kin Hubbard Quotes

Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They jest can't buzz any slower.

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• I've got Asperger's syndrome and I'm not a very good people person, so I've always been more comfortable around machinery. Not in a weird way - I don't want to marry my car or anything stupid like that!

  

  Gary Numan
  • People
  • Good
  • Car

• Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight.

  

  Karen Abbott
  • American
  • Black
  • Friday

• Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.

  

  Zac Goldsmith
  • School
  • Driving
  • London

• A whole series of events pushed me towards meditation, and now it's become such an integral part of the way I manage myself. It's a tool for me; when you're an entrepreneur, and you're pulled in every direction, it is wonderful to have this discipline.

  

  Imran Amed
  • Way
  • Discipline
  • Meditation

• I spent most of my time as an actor in television, so directors in television - it's such a machine that's already in place that I don't think you notice the direction as much on the set.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Time
  • Think
  • Direction

• Notting Hill is a very different carnival from anywhere else. This is an international city, so it represents everybody. You walk around every corner here, you'll hear something new. It's awesome.

  

  Leighton Paul Walsh
  • Different
  • City
  • Awesome

• That's the problem with ADHD: I have no focus; I get bored.

  

  Hannah Gadsby
  • Problem
  • Focus
  • Bored

• Ricky Martin is one of my idols in the industry.

  

  Maluma
  • Industry
  • Idols
  • Ricky

• I was writing blogs before work, then I was writing at work, and then I started writing books on the weekend because you just have that sort of energy in your 20s; it's wonderful.

  

  Zoe Foster Blake
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Energy

• If there were no human nature, then there would be nothing for deliberate effort to be applied to. If there were no deliberate effort, then human nature would not be able to beautify itself.

  

  Xun Kuang
  • Nature
  • Effort
  • Human Nature

• I remember the first time my friend Colin Lewis, who used to be a judge with me on a show on MuchMusic called 'disBAND,' told me, 'I think I just found your next favorite artist to adore.' He sent me The Weeknd, and he was completely spot on. The Weeknd is literally on every playlist I have.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Me

• Ultimately, my belief is that the best marketing is creating a product that people are excited to talk about. Period.

  

  Katrina Lake
  • People
  • Period
  • Marketing

• In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Life
  • Up
  • Challenge

• On January 21st of 2017, the day after I take the oath of office, Americans will finally wake up in a country where the laws of the United States are enforced. We are going to be considerate and compassionate to everyone. But my greatest compassion will be for our own struggling citizens.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Up
  • Country
  • Compassion

• I found that music was my favorite art form.

  

  Andy Grammer
  • Music
  • Art

• I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work.

  

  Johnny Mathis
  • Work
  • Amazing

• Ultimately, there are only two emotions: love and fear. And pretty much anything else you want to name can be broken down into one of those.

  

  Mary Steenburgen
  • Pretty
  • Fear
  • Broken

• I've always loved groups like U2 and Coldplay.

  

  Richard Marx

• There's an ethical dimension to my life and all of our lives, from the time we get up in the morning to the time we sleep, including what we sleep on. So I don't separate my choices from ethical choices at any time.

  

  Dennis Kucinich
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• To me, it is not necessarily you responding that trolls want: they want to scare, they want to intimidate, and they want to silence people - so ignoring it doesn't make a difference.

  

  Lauren Mayberry Chvrches
  • People
  • Silence
  • Trolls

• As I am, so are others as others are, so am I. Having thus identified self and others, harm no one nor have them harmed.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Harm
  • Identified

• As I am writing, another illustration of ye generation of hills proposed above comes into my mind. Milk is as uniform a liquor as ye chaos was. If beer be poured into it & ye mixture let stand till it be dry, the surface of ye curdled substance will appear as rugged & mountanous as the Earth in any place.

  

  Isaac Newton
  • Generation
  • Hills
  • Illustration

• Big machines are the awe-inspiring cathedrals of the 20th century.

  

  Daniel Kleppner
  • Machines
  • Cathedrals

• Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They jest can't buzz any slower.

  

  Kin Hubbard