A. O. Scott Quotes
Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it.
because if you can’t kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.
It's simply a tragedy that anyone today goes blind from glaucoma, when it's so unnecessary.
The Heimlich maneuver works on house pets. My pit bull was choking on his dinner. I squeezed his stomach and the neighbor's cat shot right out.
...crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
Once you become aware of what stands in your way and become willing to release it, you signal the universe that you are ready to manifest the life you were meant to live.
Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I’ll tell you a story.
Natural knowledge has not forgone emotion. It has simply taken for itself new ground of emotion, under impulsion from and in sacrifice to that one of its 'values', Truth.
This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God's will for your life.
Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists, but let's face it, a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it.
Always remember that as long as other people are gullible, there's no limit to what you can achieve.
I'm good when I've got a bit of an edge, like the Clint Eastwood type of archetypal character. The tough guy that doesn't say a lot.
Every act of life, from the morning toothbrush to the friend at dinner, became an effort. I hated the night when I couldn't sleep and I hated the day because it went toward night.
One of the biggest insurance mistakes boat owners make is endorsing their boats onto their homeowners policies, which may not cover their losses from a major storm.
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well.
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm
We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't.
I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people.
I guess I always think of myself as more of the people. I always feel like a bit of an outsider.
Continuing to believe the same thing, even in the face of new evidence to the contrary, is the definition of insanity - except in politics where it's called leadership.
If our mushrooms make you hallucinate, please inform us immediately so we can overcharge you.
Only the most saintly and delusional among us welcomes all pain as challenge, perceives all loss as harsh blessing.
There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
Making those we love happy sounds innocent as a dove, but it can be as destructive as a lion.
IF THE LORD IS OUR JOY, OUR JOY CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY. IT CANNOT BE LOST...JOY HAD COME TO THE WORLD, AND IT HAD COME TO STAY.
One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.
Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time. - The Great Gatsby.
That's why I made decisions; they were tough decisions but we shouldn't feel bad at all - don't look back with any regrets, that's how I made decisions as governor.
Creating great content that educates and informs is always the best marketing strategy.
The laws of God, like the law of gravity, do not depend upon how I feel about them. They are inexorable.
In the 1960s, Robert Venturi and I played a game we called ‘I can like something worse than you can like.’
The only way to predict if there's a cloud on your horizon due to glaucoma is to get tested. No matter what the diagnosis, the forecast is for clear vision in the years ahead.
Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee gotten rid of - everyone claiming the referee would have been on his side.
It's going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don't have the will.
The enemy say that Americans are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you instantly to give a lie to this slander. Charge!
This planet is not terra firma. It is a delicate flower and it must be cared for. It's lonely. It's small. It's isolated, and there is no resupply. And we are mistreating it.
