S R Nathan Quotes

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Over the years I have learned that creating art has made me happy. I used to be a lawyer and I'm much happier being an artist.

Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography.Boswell was one ofthesmallest menthat ever lived and he has beaten them all.

Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways.

China also has moved away from its original status of purely producing basic, what you call, consumer commodities and Chinese companies are moving beyond China to various parts of the world.

Forward, men, and mix with them.

I slowly came to realize that this job of being an actor, you spend most of your time looking for work. That is your job. Your job is auditioning. You spend very little of your time actually working.

See the first stroke as a start and everything after that a recovery.

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.

To our Soldiers: Thank you again and again, you will always matter, not only on this Memorial Day but every day!

I think maybe, if I could be a Canadian super hero, I'd have some kind of freezing power and some sort of maple syrup weapon. Could be a little sticky.

The gesture must be correct. If the gesture is correct, your mind really creates the reality of the figure, and it is not necessary to hang on all the rest [of the details].

Let us look for the good rather than try to discover any hidden evil. We can easily find fault in others if that is what we are looking for.

As a physician, I know many doctors want to utilize new technology, but they find the cost prohibitive.

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

I'm the biggest geek of all. Adventure, fantasy, comic books - I can't get enough.

I'll be forever grateful to this instrument for being the surfboard that I rode the wave of life on

Music is one of those things that becomes a soundtrack to our lives.

If Edison was worried about his candle customers, he would have never invented the light bulb.

Take a shot of vodka and hope for the best.

Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.

Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, said that whenever he could not see his way clearly, he knelt down and prayed for light and understanding.

The value of a problem is not so much coming up with the answer as in the ideas and attempted ideas it forces on the would be solver.

I want my job to include a little adventure, a little more of a heightened reality than what I'm actually living.

It’s not just about being against cruelty. It’s about being for compassion.

It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander-in-chief.

Everyone else in the 'iCarly' cast can operate on 5 hours of sleep, but not so for 'Old Man Nathan!'

There's only one spot in history for the first ever of anything.

I usually head up to the mountains or out into the desert. Somewhere nobody is. There I can dig deep and find the core that got me where I am today. It's sort of like my reset button.

It's a thrill to be a fan amongst fans.

Some musicians are not great technicians, but they give you a rich point of view.

Great drama is the souvenir of the adventure of a master among the pieces of his own soul.

If our airforces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal.

There is no real happiness in having or getting, but only in giving.

Bill, we left megalomania behind a long time ago. Now we are gigalomaniacs.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

Every year, nearly two-thirds of the approximately 200,000 patients in need of a bone marrow transplant will not find a marrow donor that matches within their families.

I told myself a while back, 'Love what you do, but don't fall in love with what you do.' That way you won't be brokenhearted if ever it gets canceled five episodes in - which has happened to me.

Integrity, or the lack of it, touches almost every facet of our lives-everything we say, every thought and desire.

For relatively modest amounts of sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere, you could easily cool Earth by 1% or more, if you want.

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

My mother always tells me, 'Nathan, you're very much a geek, but your strength is that you look mainstream. So no one can tell just by looking at you.' I think this is true.

My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development.

What passes for woman's intuition is more often intrinsically nothing more than man's transparency.

What is fetus farming? Simply put, it is the creation and development of a human fetus for the purposes of later killing it for research or for harvesting its organs.

I've always been drawn to stories and characters facing some sort of struggle against forces beyond our control, be it love, loss, betrayal.

No Kill may be defined by what happens to the animals within the halls of the shelter, but it can only be achieved by what happens outside of them.