J. F. Stone Quotes

This idea that being youthful is the only thing that's beautiful or attractive simply isn't true. I don't want to be an 'ageless beauty.' I want to be a woman who is the best I can be at my age.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

That's the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely.

Donald Trump is perfectly made up. He's perfectly coiffed. He's perfectly lit.

I was a good-looking kid. I never felt, like, dorky. I was just like, 'Yup, these are my braces. I've had them forever.'

I thought I might teach philosophy but the atmosphere of a college faculty repelled me; the few islands of greatness seemed to be washed by seas of pettiness and mediocrity.

I'm very old-fashioned. Occasionally I do wear underwear.

The great majority of women are more intelligent, better educated, and far more moral than multitudes of men whose right to vote no man questions.

Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.

We must be true to each other.

We're always too skinny, or too fat. Too tall, or too short. We're shaming each other, and we're shaming ourselves, and it sucks.

The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.

You can make it if you try, push a little harder, think a little deeper.

I've fallen in love with my horse. It's a safer bet. We all know from my illustrious past that I should be sticking to men with four legs.

Peace does exist. It exists in your heart and soul.

Have confidence in your ideas before they even exist.

When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.

To me love is passionate, it is honest, and it is selfless. Love is willing to completely give up your life for someone, to make sacrifices and put them first.

I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.

I'm never saying never - I'm saying I'm not about to.

If you make the movie from your heart and it stands over time, that's what matters to me.

A truly beautiful woman is always good and the other women, and to people in general. She rejects rivalry, intrigue and dirty tricks.

In this business, if you don't pay your debts you're finished.

Not belonging is a terrible feeling. It feels awkward and it hurts, as if you were wearing someone else's shoes.

In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.

Have the courage to face the truth

When life hands you a lemon, squeeze it and make lemonade.

There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

I tried for modelling work but it was a bit slow and that's when I took a part-time job at McDonalds. It gave me income while I was waiting for my big break and at the very least I could eat.

I grow my own vegetables and herbs. I like being able to tell people that the lunch I'm serving started out as a seed in my yard.

What makes life valuable is that it doesn't last forever.

Unless you got real short and real fat, you ain't no Booker T!

Don't hate the black, don't hate the white. If you get bit, just hate the bite.

No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.

The choice is yours. You hold the tiller. You can steer the course you choose in the direction of where you want to be - today, tomorrow, or in a distant time to come.

Prayer is mans greatest power!

When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair.

All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.

The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.

If you cannot save money, the seeds of greatness are not in you.

If a woman earned a dollar by scrubbing, her husband had a right to take the dollar and go and get drunk with it and beat her afterwards. It was his dollar.

Do goofy stories make people nice? What if, in their goofiness, these stories somehow inspire that in the right way. Is that a social good?

Disease, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair, but no, you sent us Congress! Good God, Sir, was that fair?

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

I don't take myself very seriously. I like to make people laugh. You know, it's like, if a woman can't be happy for another woman's work, they have to go work on that.

Everybody's after a new morning. What do we have to run up and salute tomorrow?

Read the Bible and inspirational books for a purpose. Ask for divine guidance. Search for the light.

I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I'm trying to be honest about who I am, and that's not always nice. I'm not always the world's cheerleader.

You don't want to depend on an editor. If you want to regret something for the rest of your life, you want to make sure you're responsible for it.

I hate conservatives, but I really hate liberals.