If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
#quotes #henry-adams #weeping

I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
#quotes #dule-hill #acting #black

Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
#quotes #nick-flynn #self #universe #ego

If you watch the first [Star Wars] movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear; but you don't know what their endgame is. You don't know what Leia is princess of. You don't yet understand who Jabba the Hutt is, even though there is a reference to him. You don't know that Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister; but the possibility is all there. The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went. ~J. J. Abrams
#quotes #j-j-abrams #star-wars

Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people. ~Jane Fonda
#quotes #jane-fonda #youth #children #education #future

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ~Lionel Hampton
#quotes #lionel-hampton #music

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
#quotes #george-bernard-shaw #pessimism

The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
#quotes #michael-scheuer #prince #osama-bin-laden #united-states

I have never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade. ~George Carlin
#quotes #george-carlin

Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #helping

An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #health

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

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #laziness #idleness #humor

I've just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can. ~Kimi Raikkonen
#quotes #kimi-raikkonen #formula-one #performance

Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
#quotes #adam-driver #ideas

A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
#proverbs #portuguese-proverbs #laziness

For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
#quotes #james-broughton #walking #poetry #dance

Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
#quotes #william-s-burroughs #writing

In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
#quotes #stephen-hawking #life #beauty #earth

I love zoo sanctuaries. ~Nancy Travis
#quotes #nancy-travis #zoo

I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
#quotes #ashley-tisdale #movies #night #thinking #imagination

Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
#proverbs #native-american-proverbs

Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
#quotes #kent-mccord #friendship #feelings #fans

What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
#quotes #tom-robbins #critic #writing

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