Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
#quotes #gilbert-k-chesterton #anarchism #government

Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
#proverbs #latin-proverbs #mind

I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
#quotes #matt-damon #movies

I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
#quotes #joan-collins #make-up

Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun. ~Hafez
#quotes #hafez #world #heart #life

The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
#quotes #lydia-davis #russell-edson #style #writing #stories

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
#quotes #cole-porter #writing

It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of. ~Paul Walker
#quotes #paul-walker #entertainment #acting #work

I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
#quotes #coco-chanel #men #women

Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
#quotes #jim-jeffords #bush #environment

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~Laozi
#quotes #laozi #meditation

Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence. ~Jay Duplass
#quotes #jay-duplass #success #persistence #movies

No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs

It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
#proverbs #belgian-proverbs #reason

You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
#quotes #paul-ryan #barack-obama #politics

In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
#quotes #jason-mewes #drugs #movies

If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
#quotes #bill-laswell #music

If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
#quotes #sylvia-earle #darwin

There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
#quotes #moby #privacy #work

A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
#quotes #haruki-murakami #heart

When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
#quotes #illinois-jacquet #music

For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
#quotes #holly-goldberg-sloan #imagination #music

I look at couples in the street who are in their sixties and have been together for 40 years, and they're my idols. That's Ice and me for sure. ~Coco Austin
#quotes #coco-austin #family #love

I am kind of a grinder. I am a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights. ~Zach Johnson
#quotes #zach-johnson #cinderella #work

What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
#proverbs #portuguese-proverbs #gifts