Bo Derek Quotes

Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves.

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually lived, because you have to live up to people's knowledge of those characters.

I have never separated the writing of poetry from prayer. I have grown up believing it is a vocation, a religious vocation.

The provision is in the promises.

The universal methodology of the tyrant is always incrementalism.

It's headed away by John Clark, using his head.

It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out.

When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.

Time is the metre, memory the only plot.

We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe.

Well, for future reference, this is my serious face.

You have to be confident, if you're not confident you might as well go home.

A culture, we all know, is made by its cities.

Peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life.

Plans are invitation to disappointment.

There's always more to see.

It doesn't take any talent to play hard.

What are men? Children who doubt.

The truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element.

The mirror is believed the way a poem is believed. It's believed because it's there.

Let's create, not destroy. Let's believe and not doubt.

I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.

Are you sulking?” “Me? No. I don’t sulk.” “You sound like you’re sulking.” “I’m just waiting for the violent urges to subside.

Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.

We might neglect our future selves because of some failure of belief or imagination.

Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.

Red protects itself. No colour is as territorial. It stakes a claim, is on the alert against the spectrum.

When you get a class reciting some great poems, it'll tear your heart out.

My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me.

Just as the acorn contains the mighty oak tree, the Self has everything it needs to fulfill its destiny. When the inner conditions are right, it naturally emerges.

The first country to adopt happiness as an official goal of public policy is the tiny little country of Bhutan in Asia near China and India.

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.

Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.

Whatever excites you, go do it. Whatever drains you, stop doing it.

The sparrow flies south for the winter.

Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.' And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

"Found something?"..."No, sorry. I thought I had, but, no, it turned out to be, uh… more floor."

My grandmother asks me to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it. Competitive to a fault, sometimes.

The Last Of England works with image and sound, a language which is nearer to poetry than prose. It tells its story quite happily in silent images, in contrast to a word-bound cinema.

Tides do what tides do – they turn.

There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another.

I'm not one to sit around and be satisfied about something. I can always get better.

I think there's only one sensible place for a person to be at 5:30 in the morning. That's in bed. And what am I doing? I'm out running. And I completely hate this.

I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.

My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be just like your dad.

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.' 'Shut your face.' 'Exactly my point.

The world is bigger than you know, and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anything is being true to yourself, and the only goal worth seeking is finding out who you truly are.

It's so easy to conform and to follow. It's very difficult to be rebellious and live by what you believe is right. And to make decisions and to take the consequences. Very few people do.