The Thing Quotes

The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.

If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing.

EVERYTHING is dependent on whether or not we care... CHOOSE to care, CHOOSE to want, CHOOSE to do the right thing.

In the future, all cities will be distinguished by one thing only. The nature of their enthusiasm.

You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.

Only one thing is going to remain with you: that is your witnessing, that is your watchfulness. This watchfulness is meditation.

Change only one thing, change from misery to bliss. from sadness to celebration. And it can be done very easily because misery is an unnatural thing.

You've got to love libraries. You've got to love books. You've got to love poetry. You've got to love everything about literature. Then, you can pick the one thing you love most and write about it.

I miss my mattress when I am gone; It's one thing I've made an impression on.

Whether hunting is right or wrong, a spiritual experience, or an outlet for the killer instinct, one thing it is not is a sport.

Your mind must always go, even while you're shaking hands and going through all the maneuvers. I developed the ability long ago to do one thing while thinking about another.

The other possibility was that there was no right thing to say, that the choice wasn't between right and wrong but between wrong, more wrong, and as wrong as you can get.

The soul is never quiet till it comes to God . . . and that is the one thing the soul desireth.

but I felt as if I’d just been Photoshopped out of my own book cover. And if there was one thing I wasn’t used to, it was being ignored

If what I do pleases God, it is always the right thing to do, and I can stop worrying about everyone else's reactions. This dramatically simplifies life.

The one thing that's hurt in my career is people saying I don't want to come out of Manchester to fight people.

I look very foolish. To a lot of people I look foolish in what I'm doing and I understand that. The only thing that matters is how I feel and if I let how they feel affect me it'll change how I feel.

One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play basketball because he didn't have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.

I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream.

Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort in pursuit of their greater good is what makes me come alive.

The hardest thing I have done is given up power.

I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but, its not who you are.

I literally get up and get to do the one thing I dreamed about doing every day. And that is being a part of a television show and a radio show that is based in Hollywood.

Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time.

Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being.

The one thing you can count on in Hollywood - across the board - is cowardice.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within.

The one thing I like about the religion is, I'm never at a loss to do something. No matter what happens in my life, there is something for me to do so I don't feel as though I have lost control.

You [should] persist even though there are some short-term stresses and even though there is some uncertainty, because it's the right thing to do.

One thing on psychology, which we've always known, is that every investor says they're long-term - and they are until the market takes a hit.

Trust others to do the right thing. If you can't do that, trust yourself to survive what happens.

That's the hardest thing about doing sequels - you've lost the element of surprise.

I suppose love is never a sure thing, no matter what words are spoken. Love requires a leap of faith into the abyss, every time.

I think our nation faces enormous challenges, and we need leaders who are willing to tell the truth and do the right thing regardless of the consequences.

One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life.

Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God

Justice is the one thing you should always find.

I was just reading some poetry, and it talked about how things start as one thing and change into another, and I just thought, what a great concept for a song.

The one thing that unites Sunni, Shiites and Kurds is they want the Americans out.

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others

If someone were to ask me, 'What's the number one thing, in essence, that you left behind?'... it was the teaching of others, so that they could take my work and take it further.

For only that which we knew and practiced at age 15 will one day constitute our attraction. And one thing, therefore, can never be made good: having neglected to run away from home.

All we can do to prepare rightly for tomorrow is to do the right thing today.

Without a unified political climate of opinion, there is little or no political profit in doing the right thing.

There is one thing in the world more wicked than the desire to command, and that is the will to obey.

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all.

Americans are a wonderful people: They will always do the right thing--after exhausting every other possible alternative.

The one thing coaches cannot tolerate... is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.

One thing the blues ain't, is funny.