Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture. ~Joyce Meyer
#quotes #joyce-meyer #culture #western

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ~Richard M. Nixon
#quotes #richard-m-nixon #politics

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #optimism

I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film. ~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
#quotes #alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu

Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
#quotes #sarvepalli-radhakrishnan #god #soul

The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
#quotes #christopher-nolan

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
#proverbs #hindu-proverbs #self #competition

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

In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
#quotes #ron-wyden #medicine #poverty

There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
#quotes #julie-andrews #action #distraction

Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
#quotes #hannes-alfven #universe #astrology #astronomy

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #trees

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

Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
#quotes #salma-hayek #acting #hollywood

Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
#quotes #h-p-lovecraft #earth #life #pessimism

Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
#quotes #craig-claiborne #entertainment #santa

One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
#quotes #james-stephens #curiosity #fear

All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #reality

The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs

Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
#quotes #townsend-harris #nation

A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
#proverbs #bulgarian-proverbs #reality

Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
#quotes #haruki-murakami #emptiness

Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. ~Richard Dawkins
#quotes #richard-dawkins #physics #big-bang

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #king #reality