Despite Quotes

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.

Despite what you hear and say there will always be that one voice that will always be true to you.

Man's life is thought, And he, despite his terror, cannot cease Ravening through century after century, Ravening, raging, and uprooting that he may come Into the desolation of reality.

I'm glad that, despite everything, I was able to get work done and finish something. I never finish anything. So just being able to finish record and to make music is a great gift.

But courage wasn't an absence of fear; it was fighting despite the knot in your stomach.

I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.

I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!

The man who, despite the teaching of Scripture, tries to pray without a Savior, insults the deity.

Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest shown in an art object which has no market value.

You have to find a way to laugh a little bit each day despite everything, or your heart will simply run out of the joy that makes it go.

Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says.

In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.

As I've gotten older, I have gotten a lot better at finding the pleasures of making music despite the business of it.

Despite what your girlfriend may have told you, size is important, bigger is better.

Despite the successes, you remember the failures - rather lovingly.

People would be shocked to know... that despite the nature of my TV character, I am actually a nice guy

We blame Walt Disney for goldenrod's undeserved bad name. Despite Sneezy's pronouncement, plants such as goldenrod with heavy, insect-carried pollen rarely cause allergic reaction.

Beliefs: Those things we hold to be true despite evidence to the contrary.

Despite many reports to the contrary, kindness, concern, and a desire to do good and make a positive difference in this life are alive and well in America. For that, I am extremely grateful.

I admire Ginsberg as a poet, despite the fact that he seems not to know when he is being good and when he is bad. But he will last, or at least those poems will last.

Despite the repeated attacks on American citizens by illegal aliens released from our jails, DHS refuses to stop freeing violent criminals who are in our country illegally.

Despite what many nutritionists have preached for years, rapid weight-loss diets can be healthy if done correctly and can work wonders on reducing pounds and inches in just days.

The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.

Despite its growing scarcity and preciousness to life, ironically, water is also man’s most misgoverned, inefficiently allocated and profligately wasted natural resource.

The worst thing you can do, despite the innumerable obstacles we confront, is to not try.

Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.

You have to be willing to be happy. Despite the mess of your life-just accept what's happened, throw away your ideals, and create a new map of happiness to follow.

Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel--merely terribly, terribly good at his job.

Despite a few really bad days we had quite a lot of fun making Low, especially when all the radical ideas were making sense and things were starting to click.

Thoughts and emotions cannot be photographed, despite the protestations of some mystically minded portraitists. Physical fact is ultimately the sole pictorial material.

Despite my asbestos gloves, the cough is filling me with black, and a red powder seeps through my veins.

Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say that it's not all about winning.

The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny.

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished

Elsewhere in Italy is the lovely city of Venice, which each year attracts millions of visitors despite the fact that it is basically an enormous open sewer.

I don't know what it is I'm doing. But it's not that. Despite all evidence to the contrary.

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.

I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way.

Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.

Sentences must stir in a book like leaves in a forest, each distinct from each despite their resemblance.

Growing older is not such a big deal for me, despite the fears that older actresses have in Hollywood. When I hit 40, for example, I didn't feel 40 - or whatever that is supposed to feel like.

Vonnegut could not help looking back, despite the danger of being turned metaphorically into a pillar of salt, into am emblem of the death that comes to those who cannot let go of the past

My own philosophy is that one should share what wisdom he has, one should help others to help themselves and one should keep going despite heavy weather, for there is always a calm ahead.

Hope, and hopelessness, persist despite the facts.

If this universe is the House of God, then I must say it is quite a dark house despite several hundred billion suns!

I want to be loved despite my faults. It isn't exactly true that I'm a provocateur. A real provocateur is someone who says things he doesn't think, just to shock. I try to say what I think.

Love is no conditions. Love is given, despite hurt or rejection. Love is life and breath and touch. Love is helping someone live.

Among modern occupations, only cult leaders and TV weathermen rival the technological visionary's ability to retain credibility despite all evidence to the contrary.

My career is inexplicable to me. So far I've just been not getting fired despite being myself.