P.D. James Quotes

Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express.

To know a little less and to understand a little more: that, it seems to me, is our greatest need.

I’m interested that light has thingness itself, so it’s not something that reveals something about other things you’re looking at, but it becomes a revelation in itself.

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.

Somebody would come in and say, I never take a good picture. I'd say, Why not? You've got two eyes, a nose, and a mouth like everybody else.

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.

I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.

When you find an idea that you just can't stop thinking about, that's probably a good one to pursue.

...Love isn’t saying, I love you but calling to say, did you eat

why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out

Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility.

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

It’s no disgrace to be black, but it’s often very inconvenient.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

To be Christian is to be obliged to engage the world, pursuing God's restorative purposes over all of life.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.

No one person, no one alliance, no one nation, no one of us is as smart as all of us thinking together.

Morality and immorality are not defined by man's changing attitudes and social customs. They are determined by the God of the universe, whose timeless standards cannot be ignored with impunity.

Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.

It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.

I'm an animal rights activist because I believe we won't have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the way we do.

When you cook, you never stop learning. That's the fascination of it all.

America needs fewer laws, not more prisons.

Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.

The doctor may also learn more about the illness from the way the patient tells the story than from the story itself.

Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.

Sometimes to be creative you have to give yourself permission to not be outstanding.

There is no line between fine art and illustration; there is no high or low art; there is only art, and it comes in many forms.

All the mathematical sciences are founded on relations between physical laws and laws of numbers.

Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something.

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

Never trust a man who can dance.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

I wanted the light to be the revelation. It has to do with what we value. I want people to treasure light.

My birthday was Monday, now I finally get to go home and enjoy it with some Burger King. Here I come baby! Burger King! Burger King!

Wisdom is for statues. Humor uncaps our inhibitions, unleashes our energies, seals friendships, patches hurts. Laughing is probably the most alive you can be.

A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.

Journalists have no choice but to fight back because if they don't, they will become irrelevant.

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.

Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.

We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.

Tea is quiet and our thirst for tea is never far from our craving for beauty.

Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color.

I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls into the realm of behavioral finance.