Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Votes: 2
Martin Luther King, Jr.Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. Votes: 2
Mattie StepanekI just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me. Votes: 2
DMXPride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do. Votes: 2 Henry Rollins
There is a strong tendency to get used to and accept very bad things that would be shocking if seen with fresh eyes. Votes: 1 Ray Dalio
There's a certain grace in accepting what your life is and embracing all the good things that have been - but there's still an expectation of good things to come. Not necessarily what you expected. Votes: 1 Emmylou Harris
Many people are never happier than when they get the opportunity to complain, while others are deeply unhappy with how things are but just accept the fact. Complaint occurs when we refuse to accept that things are wrong and we do something about it, even if that something is simply articulating our unease. Votes: 2 Julian Baggini
In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less. Votes: 1 Carrie Chapman Catt
To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act! Votes: 3 Alfred A. Montapert
Things are done according to money these days. Votes: 2 Shirley MacLaine
To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations. Votes: 3 Criss Jami
How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her? Votes: 3 Clarice Lispector
It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself. Votes: 4 Herodotus
The good man is the friend of all living things. Votes: 4 Mahatma Gandhi
Selfishness, narcissism, being uncomfortable in your own skin, not feeling connected to the world around you, feeling dislocated from family and youth, having a strange relationship with your childhood - all those things feel really true to me. Votes: 1 Jason Reitman
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things. Votes: 1 Joe Namath
All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard we've tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, they're probably right. Votes: 3 Cathy Guisewite
In the Bible, ordination - I don't see that in the Scripture. In the Bible, it's whether you're filled with the Holy Spirit, whether you're anointed by God, whether you're called by God, whether you're obedient to Him. I want to be those things, but I don't see any purpose for me in being ordained. Votes: 1 Anne Graham Lotz
I would like beautiful gymnastics to be recognized as the best. I want the judges to appreciate things that are not necessarily winning points. Votes: 1 Kohei Uchimura
The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind... Votes: 4 Richard Whately
You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life. Votes: 1 Emo Philips
The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them. Votes: 3 Gilbert K. Chesterton
I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. Votes: 1 Rafael Nadal
I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you're expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you're not asking for it. Votes: 3 Matthew McConaughey
You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all. Votes: 4 Max Brooks
A lot of times you can lose the MP3s - it's a lot of labor to be finding it again, putting things back up. You gotta back up, back up, back up. Votes: 2 Afrika Bambaataa
Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it. Votes: 5 Natalie du Toit
The reason I write romance is that I like happy endings. The idea, you know, 'It's not literature unless is ends badly,' and I really don't like that. There's enough misery and bad things happening in the world. Votes: 3 Ruth Glick
A lot of art and visual crafts are based on appropriating things. Votes: 2 Lazaro Hernandez
We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item. Votes: 1 Annie Lennox
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. Votes: 4 Helen Keller
The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived. Votes: 4 Soren Kierkegaard
Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty. Votes: 1 Imelda Marcos
Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed. Votes: 1 Muriel Rukeyser
In any job, you have to give up certain things, and I believe that having a good quality of life means enjoying certain things only in moderation. Votes: 3 Doutzen Kroes
A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. Votes: 1 Joseph Story
There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There's only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline. Votes: 1 John Podhoretz
The more everybody knows about all aspects of the problems we face, the better off all of us will be. Less time spent explaining things means more time for coming up with creative solutions. Votes: 1 Jesse James Garrett
Some of the smallest things on a smaller film, to me, are greater achievements than on a big film when you have the resources and the time and everything else. Votes: 3 Roger Deakins
And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside. Votes: 3 Arundhati Roy
Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola. Votes: 2 Diana Vreeland
Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas. Votes: 1 Peter DeFazio
I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you. Votes: 3 Jennifer Weiner
We could have human intelligence in orbit around Mars, building things there. Votes: 4 Buzz Aldrin
I don't really spend money like crazy. I buy what I need and what I really want, and if I'm buying expensive things I do think about the purchase many times before I buy it. Votes: 4 Caroline Wozniacki
I love beautiful things; I like having nice clothes, and I can appreciate why other people do - but I've also started to learn more about the impact of what we buy: how things are made, how much you buy and the quality of everything. Votes: 1 Lily Cole
We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals. Votes: 1 Stephen Covey
It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before. Votes: 1 Luc Besson
Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed. Votes: 4 Brandon Sanderson
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. Votes: 3 C. S. Lewis
I eat right, I sleep, I work out, I'm happy. I have a beautiful family, nice friends. I choose the good things. I choose the happy, healthy things. I don't choose the bad, unhealthy, unhappy things. Votes: 2 Sharon Stone
I always clean before the cleaning lady comes. If not, when I come home, I can't find anything. Cleaning ladies are always hiding things you leave out. Votes: 2 Celia Cruz
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. Votes: 2 George Washington Carver
Biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose. Votes: 2 Richard Dawkins
It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men. Votes: 1 Phillips Brooks
I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote 'In Contempt' was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it. Votes: 1 Christopher Darden
Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things. Votes: 1 Bill Gates
Things that happen every day are, frankly, what we in the news business aren't good at covering because there is no one day in which they are news. Votes: 1 Nicholas Kristof
That's my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don't say yes to them. Votes: 1 Alex Cox
It's just really important I think for fashion to be affordable, because everyone should have the opportunity to wear cute things and be happy and comfortable in what they are wearing. That's definitely how I like to shop and how I like to think about clothes and fashion. Votes: 3 Lea Michele
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen. Votes: 2 Deep Roy
Do not write if there is no tremendous urge to do so. At the heart, there must be an inspiration or muse or one of those old-fashioned things. Else, why bore yourself, destroy other people's interest and kill trees? Votes: 1 Vikram Seth
It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction. Votes: 1 Mikhail Gorbachev
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. Votes: 2 Sydney J. Harris
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Votes: 2 Lao Tzu
It always helps to have people we love beside us when we have to do difficult things in life. Votes: 3 Fred Rogers
The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are held in awe by young boys who aspire to their lifestyle. Votes: 2 Wilbur Smith
I really want to do a Western. I want to be the dude who is riding horses and doing exciting things - something where I get to do something physical and have to train for it. I don't want to be the damsel. Votes: 3 Margot Robbie
It's kind of good to do things while you're young. Votes: 2 Quvenzhane Wallis
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people. Votes: 2 Dick Gregory
The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete. Votes: 1 Dwyane Wade
I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises. Votes: 2 Audrey Tautou
I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you are doing things you enjoy. Votes: 4 Susan Cain
I just like to shake things up, and your hair is one way to do it. Votes: 2 Katherine Heigl
Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around. Votes: 2 Daniel Craig
To this shadowy land, that knows neither sin nor redemption from sin, where evil is not moral but is only the pain residing forever in earthly things, Christ did not come. Christ stopped at Eboli. Votes: 4 Carlo Levi
Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life. Votes: 1 Chris LeDoux
I think that's something a scientist can do because a scientist works at a border, at the edge of science, at the edge of knowledge, and so there's a lot of fun of reaching out and thinking about things that other people didn't think about. And so it has a kind of exploratory notion, kind of adventurous part in it. Votes: 1 Stefan Hell
To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God. Votes: 2 Meister Eckhart
Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered. Votes: 2 Daniel Webster
If you do things well one at a time, you end up in a really good place. Don't get ahead of yourself. Control the things you can. Votes: 2 Ron Johnson
At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important. Votes: 2 Queen Rania of Jordan
Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well. Votes: 1 H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I do my own thing. I'm very much in the paradox of things. I enjoy the little things in life, what's big is small and what's small is big. It might not be the coolest thing to do, but it's important to me. Votes: 3 Katerina Graham
Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well. Votes: 1 H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things. Votes: 4 David Ogilvy
I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success. Votes: 2 Billy Sheehan
Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world. Votes: 2 Eartha Kitt
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. Votes: 2 Aristotle
God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him. Votes: 3 Joyce Meyer
See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things. Votes: 4 H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things. Votes: 2 Jack Canfield
I get extra time to take the test because of my ADD. Everybody's brains works differently and I just need longer for things to register. Votes: 3 Mary-Kate Olsen
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things. Votes: 4 Edmund Hillary
It's not okay to just make up false things about someone, especially in their personal life. Professionally, fine! Scrutinize me all you want. I know that I can't please everyone, but personally, let's just leave it alone. It's going too far. Votes: 3 Keri Hilson
Usually when someone says a thing is too simple, they're saying that certain familiar things aren't there, and they're seeing a couple maybe that are left, which they count as a couple, that's all. Votes: 2 Donald Judd
My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. Votes: 3 Steve Jobs
My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. Votes: 3 Steve Jobs
Going to the gym wouldn't be on my list of favorite things to do. Votes: 4 Kate Moss
My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. Votes: 2 Steve Jobs
I love the big scale and immediate impact of posters. They're my favourite things to design. Votes: 2 Paula Scher
Why do people do things that they fear? It may be that the fear contains information. Something can be interesting if you get to the other side of that fear. Votes: 1 Craig Ferguson
Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion. Votes: 4 Thomas Hobbes
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own. Votes: 3 Doug Larson
I like to figure things out and solve problems. Votes: 4 Temple Grandin
The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive. Votes: 2 Jake Gyllenhaal
I am private because I'm still figuring things out. I'm young! I'm making it up as I go! Votes: 4 Allison Williams
I was too ashamed and afraid to confide in friends, and wanted to convince others and myself that my marriage was a success. I lost myself in my writing. Finding ways for my characters to overcome their problems and make their relationships work helped plaster over the wound caused by my inability to make things right at home. Votes: 1 Penny Jordan
It's really important to me to keep growing and keep finding new things. Votes: 3 Andrea Martin
What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place. Votes: 2 Gilbert K. Chesterton
I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense. Votes: 2 Coretta Scott King
Some people prefer the finer things in life, I'm alright just hanging out with the ghost of Vincent Price Votes: 2 Wednesday 13
Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee. Votes: 3 Thomas Watson, Jr.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. Votes: 4 Stephen Covey
Five things are requisite to a good officer ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality. Votes: 3 William Penn
Fixing things requires change and change always creates conflict. But that is why you are a leader. Votes: 3 Andy Stanley
I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through. Votes: 2 Karen O
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us. Votes: 2 Francois Rabelais
Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well. Votes: 2 Romano Prodi
I think it's difficult to forget things that are unresolved. Votes: 4 Chris Van Allsburg
We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. Votes: 2 Joan Didion
I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script. To be honest, most of the time we talked about life and other different things. It was really a wonderful time. Votes: 1 Bille August
Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe. Votes: 4 Norman Vincent Peale
Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. Votes: 2 Chapman Cohen
It's funny how things change slowly, until the day we realize they've changed completely. Votes: 3 Nancy Gibbs
From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere. Votes: 4 Dr. Seuss
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. Votes: 1 Reba McEntire
A city like London is sociable in a sense that there are people gathering in bars and restaurants, concerts and lectures. Yet you can partake of all these experiences and never say hello to anyone new. And one of the things that all religions do is take groups of strangers into a space and say it is OK to talk to each other. Votes: 1 Alain de Botton
When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously. Votes: 1 Daniel Clowes
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone. Votes: 6 Oswald Chambers
I started making some proper decisions, getting things in order. It's kind of like cleaning up your house. I was looking for direction for what God wanted me to do - and that's when I got a call about The Passion. Votes: 4 Scott Stapp
As I come towards the end of my life, you get to see things in a slightly different perspective. Votes: 1 John Rhys-Davies
My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region. Votes: 2 Sergei Bubka
Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. Votes: 1 Will Smith
Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God. Votes: 1 Robert Grosseteste
Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day. Votes: 1 Ramakrishna
There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. Votes: 2 Guy de Maupassant
Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing. Votes: 3 Ken Hill
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. Votes: 4 Winston Churchill
Even while in school - initially, Vineberg Allen in Mussourie, and later, a number of schools in Ludhiana - I aspired to achieve great things in life. Admittedly, I wasn't quite sure about what these great things would be. Votes: 4 Sunil Mittal
Being yourself is one of the greatest things you can possibly do. Being true to yourself. Votes: 2 Jann Wenner
Indie rock is just as susceptible - if not more susceptible - to all the gross things about people becoming total ass clowns in music, and only worrying about money and image. I'm not interested in being a part of that. Votes: 3 Justin Vernon
Growth makes so many dimensions of management easier. It's when growth stops that things get tough. Votes: 1 Clayton M. Christensen
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing. Votes: 2 Alexander Woollcott
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free. Votes: 1 Bob Schieffer
Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things. Votes: 2 Chaim Potok
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. Votes: 4 Jeff Bezos
If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad. Votes: 1 Linus Torvalds
Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as 600 effects shots or CG characters that have to go a certain way, or a film design that is different but expensive. Votes: 1 Ang Lee
It's nice to have material things but they're very superficial aren't they? Votes: 2 Mark Addy
I want to earn my own way, I like having nice things but I've never accepted anything I haven't earned. Votes: 3 Jayne Mansfield
I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy. Votes: 1 Oliver North
Hearing things like 'Wake Up' by Lora Logic, or the Raincoats' 'In Love' - that was something I wasn't prepared for. I couldn't hear anything that came before it in the music, and I didn't want to. I was absolutely in love with its out-of-nowhereness. Votes: 3 Greil Marcus
A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted. Votes: 1 Dorothy Height
I love hidden things. When you buy something with quality, you like the inside to be as beautiful as the outside. Nobody's going to see it, but you know it's there. Votes: 5 Mindy Grossman
The heart of Jesus glowed, because it was holy. Holy things glowed in general. Votes: 3 Margaret Atwood
The heart of Jesus glowed, because it was holy. Holy things glowed in general. Votes: 3 Margaret Atwood
One of my favorite things to make is homemade sushi. I know how to make the rolls and it's really fun to do. Votes: 1 Carly Rae Jepsen
I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on. Votes: 2 Sofia Vergara
Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things. Votes: 3 Benjamin Franklin
Once upon a time, growing up male gave little boys a sense of certainty about the natural order of things. We had short hair, wore pants, and played baseball. Girls had long hair, wore skirts, and, no matter how hard they tried, always threw a baseball just like a girl. Votes: 1 Kenneth R. Miller
To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise. Votes: 3 George Eliot
The crises in North Korea, Iran, the Middle East, show how quickly things can change and how they can go wrong. We must be prepared. And right now the Army is not. Votes: 1 Ike Skelton
I look at my career and it's still hard for me to believe the way things turned out and how things happened. I've been so blessed. Votes: 4 John Elway
There is a vast difference between how things seem from the outside and how they feel on the inside. Votes: 3 Nigella Lawson
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. Votes: 1 Sydney Smith
Ignoring negative things that need to be changed is destructive and does nothing to alleviate negativity. Instead, we should focus on the way we're treating other people in our brief interactions with them. Votes: 3 Tom Rath
Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else. Votes: 2 C. S. Lewis
Nobody can predict the future. You just have to give your all to the relationship you're in and do your best to take care of your partner, communicate and give them every last drop of love you have. I think one of the most important things in a relationship is caring for your significant other through good times and bad. Votes: 2 Nick Cannon
The most important things in life aren't things. Votes: 4 Anthony J. D'Angelo
I love motor learning because it's very basic and primal. A lot of what I like to learn correlates with the opposite of what gets you laid. I can ride a unicycle and I can juggle. These are unimpressive things to know. Votes: 3 Demetri Martin
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. Votes: 4 Walt Disney
The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together. Votes: 2 Jon Postel
Its the most breathtakingly ironic things about living: the fact that we are all-identical twins included-alone. Singular. And yet what we seek-what saves us-is our connection to others. Votes: 2 Wally Lamb
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion. Votes: 2 Scott Adams
But there are 90 million gun owners in the United States. Only 3.5 million want the insurance and magazines and the various things you get for joining the NRA. Votes: 1 Michael D. Barnes
We shouldn't accept things just because somebody says so. Votes: 2 Dixie Lee Ray
I like to switch things up by keeping things the same. People never expect it. Votes: 3 Jarod Kintz
I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living. Votes: 1 Alan Hovhaness
I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things. Votes: 4 Farrah Fawcett
Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon. Votes: 4 Booker T. Washington
I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use. Votes: 7 Jackson Rathbone
Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind. Votes: 1 Brandon Lee
All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. Votes: 1 Gilbert K. Chesterton
You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it's okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy. Votes: 2 Shah Rukh Khan
As we get older, we get better at choosing in ways that will make us happy. We do a better job at picking activities that make us happy, and at spending time with people who make us happy. We're also better at letting things go. Votes: 5 Sheena Iyengar
Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference. Votes: 3 William S. Burroughs
It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama. Votes: 3 Asghar Farhadi
In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained; Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?" Votes: 3 James Russell Lowell
Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. Votes: 4 William Wordsworth
I did mostly good things, except light things on fire. Votes: 2 Mark Hoppus
Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty! Votes: 1 James Monroe
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. Votes: 4 Arthur Conan Doyle
One of my favorites is chilaquiles. It's corn tortilla chips in a simple, brothy tomato sauce with a little chile for heat. It's wonderfully homey. It has irresistible crispy bits and I love to eat it. And you can play around with it - add chicken, sliced red onions, or all these different things that can easily dress it up. Votes: 1 Rick Bayless
There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. Votes: 1 Samuel Johnson
But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things to do. Just being together with my husband, spending time alone, which I have very little of. Votes: 1 Pia Zadora
It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today. Votes: 6 James Caan
I have always looked after the little things of my business; weightier matters will take care of themselves. Votes: 1 Collis Potter Huntington
I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were right in their conditions. Votes: 1 Donald Cargill
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. Votes: 1 Colin Powell
Humans are powerful spiritual beings meant to create good on earth. This good isn't usually accomplished in bold actions, but in singular acts of kindness between people. It's the little things that count, because they are more spontaneous and show who you truly are. Votes: 4 Dannion Brinkley
I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that. Votes: 3 Veronica Lake
Short things are short all over and long things are long all over. Votes: 2 Jim Harrison
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Votes: 2 Wayne Dyer
There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game. Votes: 1 Lionel Messi
People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do? Votes: 1 Eric Davis
I'm not so in love with material things that I'll do anything for money. That allows me the luxury of doing things of value. Votes: 1 Esther Rolle
But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society. Votes: 1 Audre Lorde
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new. Votes: 3 William Makepeace Thackeray
If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you. Votes: 3 Robert Collier
I'm thinking of slowing down on modeling and branching out to other things. I want to pursue some new and old dreams and start making them happen. Votes: 2 Chanel Iman
The world, more suffering than sinning, turns toward Pope Francis as in a conversation people turn to the person who is making sense of things. Votes: 3 Eugene Kennedy
Gary Ross is amazing. He's just - he always has a billion ideas of what he wants, but has a very clear perspective also; he just makes it work. He really does. He's trying different things and making everything look amazing. Votes: 1 Liam Hemsworth
I'm obsessed by film. I'm obsessed with music and producing and making things happen. Votes: 3 Fred Durst
Everything for me is sacred, beginning with earth, but also going to things made by man. Votes: 1 Paulo Coelho
There are many things that you can't measure. But the great fun of what I do for a living is figuring out ways to measure things that people previously considered intangible. Votes: 1 Bill James
Well, I'll say I have an incredible ability to fantasize - I really do. I don't have to have things tangible to be able to see them, and therefore I enjoy so many things, because they're in my mind. Votes: 1 Donna Summer
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith. Votes: 8 Billy Graham
I'm living the exact life I planned on living when I was five. My life has taken some turns and changes that I didn't anticipate, and it has brought me different things. I thought material things would bring me happiness, which they didn't. But through this, I have learned what things are important and what aren't. Votes: 1 Tom Ford
Let's remember that our children's spirits are more important than any material things. When we do, self-esteem and love blossoms and grows more beautifully than any bed of flowers ever could. Votes: 1 Jack Canfield
You want to have a toy and another toy, and that's not maturity. The biggest things in life are not materials. Votes: 2 Carlos Slim
What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives. Votes: 2 Oprah Winfrey
When I was a kid, I knew the black and white version of 'Jane Eyre,' and I guess I became interested in the idea of romantic love - of unrequited love and the tragedies of that; of what are the important things in life; what should one value over other materials. Votes: 1 Cary Fukunaga
We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy. Votes: 1 Tom Ford
I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have. Votes: 4 Lloyd Banks
Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but a physical embodiment of human energy, testimony to the magical ability of our species to take raw materials and turn them into things of use, value and beauty. Votes: 1 Kevin McCloud
The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. Votes: 3 Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. Votes: 2 Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Most people fail in life because they major in minor things. Votes: 3 Tony Robbins
Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting. Votes: 1 Charles Stanley
I am an Air Force brat who grew up at various Air Force bases. I changed six schools in about five years and got stability for the first time when I was sent to a boarding school, Rishi Valley. I lived outside of a cantonment-style living and was among an eclectic mix of kids and got exposed to books and other things. Votes: 1 Kapil Sharma
Practice moderation in all things except love. Votes: 3 Gary Zukav
People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do? Votes: 3 Eric Davis
There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game. Votes: 5 Lionel Messi
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things. Votes: 3 Lao Tzu
Naming things, breaking through taboos and denial is the most dangerous, terrifying, and crucial work. This has to happen in spite of political climates or coercions, in spite of careers being won or lost, in spite of the fear of being criticized, outcast, or disliked. I believe freedom begins with naming things. Humanity is preserved by it. Votes: 2 Eve Ensler
The most obvious things are often right there, but you don't think about them because you've narrowed your vision. Votes: 1 Steven Levitt
That's all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature. Votes: 3 Hugh Jackman
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Votes: 3 Aristotle
The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant. Votes: 2 Edwin Hubbel Chapin
I'm trying to always do new things because if you stay behind and fight the future, you are just going to be left behind. Votes: 3 Diplo
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. Votes: 4 Nelson Mandela
The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren't like normal things for a 13-year old girl! Votes: 2 Hailee Steinfeld
I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults. Votes: 2 Grace Jones
I try to help people become the best possible editors of their own work, to help them become conscious of the things they do well, of the things they need to look at again, of the wells of material they have not even begun to dip their buckets into. Votes: 1 Tobias Wolff
I will sleep all day; I love staying in bed with my dog and reading and not getting up and checking my phone. And that gets me into trouble because I have things to do, and that's not very productive. Votes: 1 Brittany Snow
It felt to me like America was always wanting to resolve things too quickly, without thinking through what the costs and consequences would be and how that affects an individual living in that world. Then as I grew up and went about my life, I think I just got more and more interested in that gray area where things are not so easily quantified. Votes: 1 Robert Redford
Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of mathematics with other things, I pleased him so that what I said he would not contrary. Votes: 1 William Adams
Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are? Votes: 1 Joan Crawford
Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional. Votes: 1 Liz Vassey
You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. Votes: 2 Elliott Erwitt
Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things. Votes: 6 Malcolm McDowell
The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more. Votes: 2 Patricia A. McKillip
The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything. Votes: 4 Colin Greenwood
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. Votes: 4 Tacitus
Everything shifted for me after 'Rush.' It wasn't as financially successful as other things I'd done, but it gave me more movement, more options, more doors opening, more meetings. All of a sudden, it's, 'Oh, wow! You're an actor!' Votes: 1 Chris Hemsworth
I have friends in France who are artists. I go to gallery openings and things like that. Votes: 1 Anthony Geary
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. Votes: 3 John W. Gardner
3D is a way of organizing things, particularly as we're getting much more media information on the computer, a lot more choices, a lot more navigation than we've ever had before. Votes: 6 Bill Gates
I'm not a confrontational person or comedian. I think we can explore more things if one of us is not fighting with the other. I take it easy. But I do like comedians who are very different from myself: I love dry comics with deadpan one-liners. I look on and think, 'That's amazing; why didn't I think of that?' Votes: 1 Trevor Noah
What shocked me, and what I wasn't prepared for, was just how brutal and how unethical some people can be in the NFL. I mean, there were some great people, but there were some real snakes, too. I was like, 'Holy cow!' But it made me a better person, and it got me ready for other things. Votes: 1 Terry Crews
In college, my wife did a study abroad in Nairobi, and I did the exact same program in Cape Town. For me, the experience of being in that other culture really set up a longing. When I'm traveling, things seem really sharp. You learn things ten times faster. Votes: 1 Rosecrans Baldwin
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. Votes: 1 Abigail Adams
I can get a tune out of most things with strings, but I'm not really sure I'm what could be called a musician. I find it fascinating working with people who can play other instruments and sing. Votes: 1 Withered Hand
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. Votes: 1 Niccolo Machiavelli
I like underdogs, I like anti-heroes - people that have a hard time overcoming things in life. Votes: 6 Matthias Schoenaerts
Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that. Votes: 1 Will Oldham
There are always people who will - who will do peculiar things and think that they are doing things in the name of their religion. Votes: 2 Feisal Abdul Rauf
I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect. Votes: 4 Marisa Tomei
Caramels are only a fad. Chocolate is a permanent thing. Votes: 2 Milton S. Hershey
That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about. Votes: 1 Winona Ryder
To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants. Votes: 2 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things. Votes: 4 David Harewood
The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things. Votes: 3 Alistair Begg
One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come. Votes: 1 Gertrude Stein
Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world? Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life, and it'd lose even its imperfection. Votes: 2 Haruki Murakami
You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about. Votes: 1 Sophia Loren
Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy. Votes: 1 JR
Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't pray just when you're in trouble. Pray every day. Surround yourself with prayer. You never know when you might need an extra miracle. Votes: 3 Melody Beattie
When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart. Votes: 3 Edwin Booth
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. Votes: 3 Oscar Wilde
Things come to you in life when you're prepared for them, when you're ready for them. Votes: 2 Martha Plimpton
Every day of my adult life, I have worn at least one piece of jewelry from my maternal grandmother's collection, all of which were manufactured by famed Danish silversmith Georg Jensen. To the naked eye, I am either a Jensen loyalist or a grandmother loyalist. Really I am just a Pretty Things loyalist. Votes: 5 Sloane Crosley
One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price. Votes: 1 Robert De Niro
You can't have a regime which continuously subsidizes things; as inflation rises, you keep prices of certain things unchanged. Votes: 2 Adi Godrej
Many priceless things can be bought. Votes: 3 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw Votes: 4 Stephen Covey
Just the actual physics of putting it all together, you know, the latter period is actually quite fragmented in terms of the licenses and all those things so it makes a compilation of the full twenty years really a technical minefield. Votes: 1 Geoff Downes
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. Votes: 3 Denis Diderot
I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow! Votes: 2 Sam Levenson
Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD's on and hit play and random things come out. Votes: 2 Bette Midler
A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones. Votes: 4 Confucius
You have a valid complaint, and I do recognize it ... but you are reading into things a little bit. Just the same, I will do my best to make horrible things happen to a bunch of white people before something else so graphic hits a minority character. Votes: 3 Robert Kirkman
Our dreams are made of real things, like a shoebox full of photographs. Votes: 3 Jack Johnson
It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker. Votes: 4 Julie Christie
Things happen. And good things happen, and bad things happen. And I'm a person - I'm a believer that everything happens for a reason. Votes: 2 Manti Te'o
Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality. Votes: 1 Diego Maradona
Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things. Votes: 2 Rem Koolhaas
As perfume doth remain In the folds where it hath lain, So the thought of you, remaining Deeply folded in my brain, Will not leave me: all things leave me: You remain. Votes: 2 Arthur Symons
It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used, but they'll remember how you made them feel. Votes: 3 Brian McDermott
That's one of the things I hope that the book can do, is to restore some dignity to Joe Cinque. Votes: 1 Helen Garner
Prosperity Comes When You Do the Right Things with Your Life Votes: 4 Ernie J Zelinski
It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets. Votes: 1 Ines de La Fressange
Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever. Votes: 1 Mattie Stepanek
You've got a beautiful country with so many beautiful people and so many beautiful things happening and stuff like that lets it down. I feel sad for them. Votes: 1 Robbie Williams
We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon. Votes: 1 Sherilyn Fenn
But we had a pretty diversified portfolio of businesses around the world and things tended to offset each other. But one or two years ago, we had a lot of things happening at the same time. Votes: 1 Jim Cantalupo
You come out into the world after a season of TV and you're just swearing and saying mean things to people and they're looking at you like, Who are you? And oh yeah, you think, I have to reacclimate to the way people genuinely treat each other. Votes: 3 Maria Semple
On both 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' it seems like proposing marriage is equivalent to saying, 'Let's date.' Everyone knows those aren't the same things. Votes: 1 Patti Stanger
Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time. Votes: 1 Bo Bennett
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. Votes: 4 Fred Rogers
The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.' Votes: 1 Lewis Carroll
I read incessantly, searching for the things that might move me. Votes: 1 Richard Flanagan
I used to think you should keep on experimenting and seeing new things. But after seeing a lot of the world, I now tend to return to the same spots. I enjoy the familiarity. Votes: 3 Louise Nurding
I love retweeting things and seeing how many fans are on other people's pages. Votes: 1 Zachary Gordon
When we feel joyful, euphoric, happy, we are more open to life, more capable of seeing things clearly and handling daily tensions. Votes: 3 Leo Buscaglia
My grandpa would take me to the driving range and, I don't know, it didn't take me long to realize I'm a little different with golf. I have an eye for seeing things differently. Somehow I just see shots in my head. Votes: 3 Rickie Fowler
People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell. Votes: 2 Michael Jackson
If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it. Votes: 1 Hunter Tylo
I never intended to only do dark, serious things. Votes: 4 Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I have a terrible lifestyle. And I don't really see it changing. Maybe in 10 years I'll see it differently - I'll want to see my great-grandchildren and live forever. But right now, young Brittany is not setting things up for old Brittany. And young Brittany does not care. Votes: 1 Brittany Howard
When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts! Votes: 2 Bobby Flay
A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds. Votes: 4 Henry Moore
Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each other's presence. Votes: 1 Malcolm D. Lee
In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving, diving, diving, diving, Diving down to pick up every shiny thing Votes: 4 Joni Mitchell
Short things are short all over and long things are long all over. Votes: 2 Jim Harrison
Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things. Votes: 2 Gerald Durrell
Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things. Votes: 4 Rem Koolhaas
I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of a trumpet part like, 'Note, when you play B naturals, make the B naturals a half step lower because they sound funny if they're B naturals.' And some guy said: 'Idiot, just put a flat on the third line and it's a key signature, you know?' Votes: 2 Quincy Jones
I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism. Votes: 4 Greg Graffin
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Votes: 7 Laura Ingalls Wilder
If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life. Votes: 5 Joel Osteen
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Votes: 3 Laura Ingalls Wilder
I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends. Votes: 2 Cindy Morgan
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Votes: 6 Mother Teresa
The first thing I tell clients is get off the couch! Just start making some small lifestyle changes such as walking to work instead of driving or taking the stairs instead of the lift. The small things you can change all add up. Votes: 1 Jessie Pavelka
It is the small things in life which count; it is the inconsequential leak which empties the biggest reservoir. Votes: 7 Charles Comiskey
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. Votes: 2 Willa Cather
More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material. Votes: 2 Charles Eastman
I always had the desire to entertain people, whether it was to make 'em laugh or to scare 'em or stir things up just to cause problems. Votes: 4 Marilyn Manson
Each time you go to the grocery store with your kids, it is a potential learning opportunity. In order not to overemphasize materialism, focus on other things to do with money. In 'Beyond the Lemonade Stand,' I try to emphasize the importance of saving money, and of using it to help other people. Votes: 1 Bill Rancic
You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with. Votes: 2 Edward Norton
Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you. Votes: 1 Joel Osteen
Say a child raises this beautiful beet. It's going to give her a sense of ownership, and that changes everything. You stop taking things for granted; you become less wasteful. Votes: 1 David Chang
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. Votes: 7 Aldous Huxley
Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me! Votes: 3 Natasha Henstridge
The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that's all. Votes: 2 Johnny Thunders
God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because he is always ready to give to us his light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one; but we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down to other things out of a desire for temporal things. Votes: 4 Saint Augustine
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. Votes: 2 George Bernard Shaw
In 1998 Harry Reid and I had a very close race. It was less than a tenth of a percentage point. We had a reasonable recount. There were a lot of things that I could have pursued at the time, but I just felt that at the time that I should have, you know, conceded the race. Votes: 1 John Ensign
I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists. Votes: 1 Jenny Holzer
Both me and Edgar are firm believers in never underestimating or talking down to an audience, and giving an audience something to do, to give them something which is entirely up to them to enter into the film and find these hidden things and whatever. Votes: 1 Simon Pegg
Little things done with love are better than big things without love. Votes: 1 Lailah Gifty Akita
When you don't manage your life well, you become angry and frustrated as things don't go as intended, and our bad mood is a sign showing we were not able to resolve the conflict. Votes: 1 Jorge Bucay
As a musician I'm kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I'm witness to unbelievable things. Votes: 1 Yo-Yo Ma
One of the things that became clear, and which was actually rather disturbing, was the fact that there was a view which was being expressed by people whose scientific credentials you can't question. Votes: 1 Thabo Mbeki
Everything about us black people is complicated, us being here, being a minority, being a woman, all those things are complicated. Votes: 1 Nicole Beharie
We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial. Votes: 2 Bruce Johnston
I think there's a collective consciousness around the world that there are things beyond our control that have the power to annihilate us, as a species, and it's all rather frightening. Votes: 3 Laurie Holden
If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. Votes: 4 Jim Rohn
Things changed with the discovery of neutron stars and black holes - objects with gravitational fields so intense that dramatic space and time-warping effects occur. Votes: 3 Paul Davies
It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say. Votes: 1 Jules Renard
You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough. Votes: 1 Tony Blair
It's easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy. Votes: 2 Dan Miller
I think most people, no matter what their situation, manage to find joy and comfort in their daily lives. I also think things fall apart. Votes: 3 Deborah Ellis
You have to be able to love yourself because that's when things fall into place. Votes: 5 Vanessa Hudgens
Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. Votes: 3 Pema Chodron
I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow. Votes: 3 Martin Gore
Apple has an opening to say, 'The tools we are selling to you will enable you to do things rather than do things for you.' Google's vision is tools that will do things for you. Votes: 3 Evgeny Morozov
Are things getting better with each generation? Yes. It's quite interesting to be living in these times, for me to witness an African-American being elected president. It's quite extraordinary. Votes: 3 Lenny Kravitz
I don't make things complicated, that's the way they get all by themselves. Votes: 1 Mel Gibson
When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up. Votes: 2 Herschel Walker
Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way. Votes: 1 Aaron Allston
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. Votes: 6 Leonardo da Vinci
Who doesn't need hope in their lives: hope that something can change, that someone cares, that not only bad things happen unexpectedly but good things can happen to us too? Votes: 3 Danielle Steel
That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. Votes: 4 Ralph Waldo Emerson
I don't like acting things; I like feeling things. Votes: 1 Dougray Scott
If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough. Votes: 4 David Levithan
The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do. Votes: 2 Barbara Ann Scott
Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of alternative comics, but then they went downhill in the '90s. Votes: 4 Harvey Pekar
When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I'd jump any ramp, I'd jump over people, I'd jump over things - always crashing, never hurting myself badly but always wanting to take physical risks. Votes: 2 Eric Bana
The pessimist reason that things just happen, where the optimist believe that things happen for a reason. Votes: 4 Anthony Liccione
I'm trying to always do new things because if you stay behind and fight the future, you are just going to be left behind. Votes: 1 Diplo
I don't get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls, bills, supermarkets, letters, and I have to stop and sort things out. Votes: 3 Sadie Jones
Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid. Votes: 3 Fyodor Dostoevsky
I think when people are repressing things, or burying things, that can manifest in all sorts of ways. Votes: 1 Guy Pearce
That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting. Votes: 2 Studs Terkel
We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements. Votes: 1 William Shakespeare
I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work. Votes: 2 Ben Casnocha
Small things have a way of overmastering the great. This small press can destroy a kingdom. Votes: 1 Sonya Levien
Extreme nationalism and Bolshevism have broken up the old world, a new world is in the making. It is literally true that old things are passing away; all things may become new, granted we have wise, unselfish, and determined guides. Votes: 1 John Raleigh Mott
Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new. Votes: 3 Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do. Votes: 2 Eduard Shevardnadze
One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story. Votes: 2 Jessica Lange
But of course when people watch morning television, Terry, it's a very different animal. You know, they're running around, they're getting their kids ready for school, they're probably doing eight million things, they're brushing their teeth. Votes: 1 Katie Couric
I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down. Votes: 1 Jim Jarmusch
It is not accidental that all phenomena of human life are dominated by the search for daily bread - the oldest link connecting all living things, man included, with the surrounding nature. Votes: 1 Ivan Pavlov
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Votes: 8 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Seeing life from an eternal perspective helps us focus our limited mortal energies on the things that matter most. Votes: 4 Joseph B. Wirthlin
You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you. Votes: 4 Marissa Mayer
Caltech is a very adventurous place. Part of the culture is that we tolerate people doing things that seem impossible, and also synthesizing and borrowing ideas across very kooky and unusual boundaries. Votes: 3 Colin Camerer
They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried. Votes: 3 Tim O'Brien
It's better to not be afraid of things and not avoid things. Votes: 2 Noomi Rapace
Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never ending thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of attraction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just like them. Votes: 4 Rhonda Byrne
Things tend to come when they are meant to come. I know that sounds kind of like spiritual and cheesy, but I think things come when they're meant to come. Votes: 2 Martha Plimpton
There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you. Votes: 2 Deepak Chopra
Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold: beauty at its most intense; love at its fiercest; the greatest grief; the greatest rage. Votes: 3 Nadeem Aslam
There are things we can control and the things we can't control. I can't control how people react to the work I do. Votes: 3 Noah Hawley
Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There's no place that we know about that can support life as we know it, not even our sister planet, Mars, where we might set up housekeeping someday, but at great effort and trouble we have to recreate the things we take for granted here. Votes: 4 Sylvia Earle
I eventually grew into a pre-teen Marilyn Munster, that being the only option I could find that allowed for a) blonde hair, b) a fondness for frilly pink things and wearing ribbons in your hair, and c) hanging out with monsters. Votes: 1 Seanan McGuire
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality. Votes: 2 John Stuart Mill
every individual can make a difference ... if we continue to leave decision making to the so-called decision makers, things will never change. Votes: 7 Jane Goodall
With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. Votes: 5 Henry Ford
But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out. Votes: 4 Edgar Guest
Never base your destiny on things you cannot control and have no power to change. Votes: 3 John Patrick Hickey
Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly. Votes: 4 Ian Thorpe
The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar. Votes: 4 Jimi Hendrix
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. Votes: 4 Thomas A. Edison
As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. Votes: 2 Norman Wisdom
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. Votes: 4 Buddha
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. Votes: 1 Oscar Wilde
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. Votes: 2 Jesse Jackson
I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me. Votes: 2 Jamie Redknapp
Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don't do any good, but they don't necessarily do any harm. It's touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I've got my just desserts. Votes: 1 Christopher Hitchens
My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all over the map, when there's a couple traditional things, a couple pretty rocking things. Votes: 2 Vince Gill
Maybe I don't believe things myself, as well. Truth is such a transient thing. Votes: 1 Tracey Emin
when all of life becomes crowded with profound and weighty matters, making time to engage in trivial things becomes an even greater priority. Votes: 6 Galen Beckett
He said true things, but called them by wrong names. Votes: 2 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with. Votes: 1 Faith Hill
My biggest challenge is trust, and really believing that trust, in letting things just happen personally and professionally and trust with myself. But I'm getting better at it. Votes: 2 Katherine Moennig
Always trying new things is always more fun, and it can be scary, but it's always more fun in the end. Votes: 5 John Krasinski
I talk about my daily dozen in the book [ Today Matters]. Twelve things that are certainly attainable by any of us that we need to manage every day. Votes: 3 John C. Maxwell
Two other things that we hear again and again from our founders, they wish they had done earlier, and that is... simply writing down how you do things and why you do things. Votes: 3 Sam Altman
Two things in India are religion - one is cricket, and one is movies - these are two things. Votes: 4 Preity Zinta
The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable. Votes: 4 Arthur Rimbaud
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe. Votes: 4 Leo Rosten
I'm not crazy about being out of control, and I get emotional when things are unclean. When things are out of order. When things are messy. Because I lived in a mess as a child. Votes: 1 Bryan Cranston
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within. Votes: 4 Edmund Husserl
I am not a total, complete nitwit when it comes to selling books. I promise you there will be unexpected things. Some of them I don't know yet. She's writing it all herself. Votes: 6 Mary Matalin
I don't want to be thought of as somebody who's spiritually ambiguous, but the reality is there's unknown things happening. I'm not ready to point at what they are or what the reason is, but I know they exist. Votes: 5 Shane Carruth
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. Votes: 4 Oscar Wilde
I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable. Votes: 1 Pat Metheny
I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things? Votes: 4 Philip Zimbardo
Like my father, I would never as a child throw anything away, keeping old toys, electric motors and bits of broken machines under my bed in what I called my Box of Useful Things. Votes: 6 Nick Park
Things that we need to learn are the importance of establishing brand, establishing market presence. Technology-wise, it's things like ease of use, user interfaces; all of these things that tend to be less important in our other business segments are important things for us in the consumer market. Votes: 1 Charles Giancarlo
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. Votes: 4 Dean Inge
I suppose, at 50, you value things in a different way. So you value connections, you value your friendships, you value your health, and you are much more aware of time passing. Votes: 4 Kenneth Branagh
The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you. Votes: 1 Morrie Schwartz
I like science fiction and physics, things like that. Planets being sucked into black holes, and the various vortexes that create possibility, and what happens on the other side of the black hole. To me it's the microcosmic study of the macrocosmic universe in man, and that's why I'm attracted to it. Votes: 1 Wesley Snipes
When we make records, it's hard to pinpoint one thing that inspires a record. It's usually a number of different things that lead to inspiration or wanting to write something down and share it with someone. Votes: 1 Brandon Boyd
I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind. Votes: 1 Brian Eno
I was always singing the way I felt, and maybe I didn't exactly know it, but I just didn't like the way things were down there-in Mississippi. Votes: 4 Muddy Waters
There's a stigma on the word 'therapy.' People relate it to big problems. That's something we have to change. Going to therapy can be very healthy. It can change the way you see things and treat others. Votes: 4 Juan Pablo Galavis
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones. Votes: 1 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
I don't get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls, bills, supermarkets, letters, and I have to stop and sort things out. Votes: 1 Sadie Jones
It's fun to change your body and find new things that your body does because of the weight. Votes: 2 Nick Nolte
Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons. Votes: 4 Michael Shermer
Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter! Votes: 5 LaToya Jackson
Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art. Votes: 4 Neil Gaiman
The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong. Votes: 5 Theodore Dalrymple
I hate women because they always know where things are. Votes: 2 James Thurber
God does things that fly completely in the face of what we've all been taught that He is supposed to do and every time He does this, we all just say, 'Oh, well, I guess there must be some good reason why He did that.' Votes: 1 Paul Feig
The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people. Votes: 1 Berry Gordy
Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering. Votes: 4 Caroline Myss
. . .from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things. Votes: 6 Maurice Sendak
There's beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that's harder than others. Votes: 1 Sarah McLachlan
Love is in all things a most wonderful teacher. Votes: 0 Charles Dickens
With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand. Votes: 4 Tim Matheson
Regardless of where you are tonight, God is with you. God is wooing you. God wants you to experience Him. Whatever you are going through today, you can find His joy and peace. However distant your dreams may seem, God is working things out, and today is an important part of that process. Votes: 4 Lysa TerKeurst
Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it. Votes: 5 Mitt Romney