Things Quotes

Happy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in the simple and beautiful things around him.

Without a song the day would never end Without a song the road would never bend When things go wrong a man ain't got a friend Without a song

My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.

The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine.

Playing live if the thing I love doing best

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink

There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.

Marriage is only good for two things: tax breaks and adultery.

Persisting through lesser difficulties builds your capacity to persist through greater difficulties, and achieve even greater things.

The more times and the more different things you try, the more likely it is that you will succeed.

I enjoy inventing things out of fun. After all, life is a game, not a career.

You should never do two things. You should hammer one nail all your life, and I didn't do that; I hammered on a lot of nails like a xylophone.

I'll run through things over and over and over again in my head and think, "How could I have done that better?" Silly things like that.

It's too easy to give up on the things that are hard to accomplish.

and a charge of lying against someone whom you have always found truthful is a very serious thing; a very serious thing indeed.

The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.

Power rests on the kind of knowledge one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless?

There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.

No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nuns.

Mystery is the art of eliciting unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones... and serving to demonstrate as real the things that are not.

Breed is among the least important things about a dog. It's more important to find a dog with compatible energy and needs that will fit into your lifestyle.

The flowers that sleep by night, opened their gentle eyes and turned them to the day. The light, creation's mind, was everywhere, and all things owned its power.

Existence is Appetite: the gnaw of being; the one attempt of all things to assimilate to some higher attempt.

Take comfort, and recollect however little you and I may know, God knows; He knows Himself and you and me and all things; and His mercy is over all His works.

It is so much better to make a big thing out of a little subject than to make a little thing out of a big one.

Presentiments are strange things: and so are sympathies; and so are signs; and the three combined make one mystery to which humanity has not yet found the key.

For most young Americans I know, 'serving' in the broadest sense now seems like the only thing to do.

It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you.

Somtimes when you know the right thing to do, you simply have to do it, even though it breaks your heart.

If you have the opportunity to try different things, you should try different things and step outside your comfort zone and see what works and what doesn't work.

I always liken it to being a referee - if you notice the referee, that's not a good thing.

I don't ever really list things that I want to do. The only two things that I've ever wanted to do are be in a rock band and be a wrestler. Those were my two goals.

I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.

It's my tough luck if things happen that are complicated.

People expect me to cry, but I always laugh when things go wrong.

One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that you're constantly dredging up some arcane knowledge or long-forgotten experience, rediscovering old passions and interests.

All things that pass Are wisdom's looking-glass.

A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss.

Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.

A lot of people have fancy things to say about customer service, but it's just a day-in, day-out, ongoing, never-ending, persevering, compassionate kind of activity.

That is the mysterious thing about tragedy- it often strikes at the happiest moment.

I have a lot of trouble with scripts. I have a lot of trouble imagining things while I'm reading them.

Control the things you can control. As for the rest - God bless it all.

I wonder how it is that I’m fooling so many people, I’m doing one of the most stupid things in the world…and people seem to be falling for it.

Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything takes place very easily. If you cast it improperly you're fighting an uphill battle.

I’m not as cool as you think I think I might be – and the most important things in my life are God, love and peace. Everything else is b.s. And art’s kind of important, too.

War seems a perfectly impossible thing, even when it can be seen coming nearer and nearer.

The two most important things to remember in business are: to be aware of the consequential impact on ecology, and a caring relationship between employer and employee.

The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself.

I've found the thing in life that I adore, which is working in science television. It's just a big adventure, really.