The Thing Quotes

Waiting silently is the hardest thing of all.

You know, one thing I've learned in my time on this earth Be careful what you wish for.

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise.

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.

If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.

Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?

War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about any one thing in particular.

Over the long term, it is more profitable to do the right thing for the environment than to pollute it.

It is an anomaly that information, the one thing most necessary to our survival as choosers of our own way, should be a commodity subject to the same merchandising rules as chewing gum.

Take one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of a world, and it is our duty to make the best of it, and be thankful.

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in.

A true martial artist, in my books anyways, is someone who is going to do the right thing and lead by example.

Not following her is the hardest thing I've ever done.

The number one thing I want my videos to be is relatable.

Any individual can be, in time, what he earnestly desires to be, if he but sets his face steadfastly in the direction of that one thing, and bring all his powers to bear upon its attainment.

There is one thing more powerful than kings and all the soldiers in the world, and that is a visionary who has the courage to persevere.

If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be rhubarb fool, which I make with ginger and a hint of elderflower cordial.

I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.

We're the only creature God ever created that doesn't want to adapt. We want to make it stand still. And one thing that's constant is nature is constantly changing.

One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon.

One thing they don't tell you about growing old - you don't feel old, you just feel like yourself. And it's true. I don't feel eighty-nine years old. I simply am eighty-nine years old.

Perhaps the hardest thing I've learned, and still struggle with, is that I don't have to be finished in order to be whole.

If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.

To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another.

The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable.

Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?

The tea baggers. The one thing they hate is when you call them racist. The other thing they hate is black people. But they won't say it.

You should just do the right thing.

I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.

Our enemy sees us clearly. They will not start a war. They're worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win

- This isn't an interrogation or a trail. Your version of the truth is the only thing that matters. -Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths.

Do one thing at a time and do that one thing as if your life depended upon it.

As a son of a man who pretended to be one thing for 33 years of my life and then was another thing, the questions of 'what is real' and 'what is not real' are very blurrily vivid to me.

One thing anyone can go through is a slump. Unless you're Greg Maddux, it's going to happen to everybody.

Even if you make a mistake, you can go back and do the right thing.

The most important thing is just like creativity and music. It's the one thing that you never lose if you just stay loyal to that.

The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs.

I've been really upset sometimes when I've been misquoted. And it's the one thing they use in big print. Or it's taken out of context. Thoughts are fluid and words are sticky. That's the thing.

The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.

I couldnt really relate to the fraternity or party scene, to the people out in the mall every day protesting one thing or another. I felt like there was no one I could relate to.

The gulf between the information we proclaim & the information we know to be true is vast. In other words: we say one thing & do another.

If God's people are to be living examples of one thing, that thing ought to be - it must be - compassion.

One thing they don't tell you about doing experimental physics is that sometimes you must work under adverse conditions... like a state of sheer terror.

To see things simply is the hardest thing in the world.

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that.

The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is not limited to any one faculty to the ear, or to the mind.

You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.

I only do one thing at a time; otherwise, I get confused and then I can't trick you.

Better to be furious at one thing, become radiant with purpose. Better to love links and rhythms than all-embracing answers.