Things Quotes

I thought the best thing to do would be nothing, and in that way things couldn’t get any worse.

You have to move forward. It's constantly changing. Everything changes and everything falls apart. You have to be nimble and on your toes and accessible to it all. Not everyone is on board with this.

There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.

They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.

I have this weird thing where all the artists that I find myself engaging with the most are the ones that I have a bone to pick with.

A lot of good things in my life came form half of my mistakes.

The most fun thing about being a writer is that everything is interesting.

Life is heavier than the weight of all things.

Love needs two things: it has to be rooted in freedom and it has to know the art of trust.

I decided to focus on the things I could control and let go of the things that were out of my hands. That lesson has provided me with great relief; it has brought great things into my life.

Do three things each night before you go to bed: read a poem, read a short story, read an essay.

It is a language which is being molded by writers to do delicate things and yet be in the grasp of superficially educated people.

If you do not see yourselves and all things as living, moving, and having their being in God, you see nothing, whatever you may think you see.

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

Retirement can and will be a glorious time in your life. You'll love the freedom and ability to try new things. It's a new phase of life; a chance to be a beginner again.

The path to survival was to never give up on the small things.

...ordinary people are capable of doing truly extraordinary things.

Knowing and knowing what to do about it were two different things.

People often ask me how I make things funny. I don't make things funny.

One of the odd things about middle age, he concluded, was the strange decisions a man discovers he's made by not really making them, like allowing friends to drift away through simple neglect.

I took desperate measures to lose weight and did terrible things to myself. I went from diet pills to thirty laxatives a day to throwing up.

Maybe it’s the other way around,” Jason suggested. “Maybe people with special gifts show up when bad things are happening because that’s when they’re needed most.

The point is, there are some things worth dying for. There's no doubt about that. And I would die for my family. I would die for my freedom. I would die for my country.

Growing up, the two things that made my blood boil were religious intolerance and animal cruelty. I’ve never understood it. I can’t stand to have an animal in pain.

My ideal meal would probably be the cheesiest pasta or pizza, followed by something creamy and chocolaty. I mean, just the worst things, really.

My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'

Everything happens for the purpose of what you decide to do about it.

Things happen in everyday life that make you consider living your life just every other day.

I pulled the Johnny character from the Jamaican Johnny Too Bad thing.

One of the hardest things in life to accept is a called third strike.

I just know who I am and what's comfortable for me and I don't personally do things in life because others do it or because that's what society tells me I should do.

Keep a gratitude journal. Write down at least three things a day you are either thankful for, made you smile or genuinely inspired you.

Love is an odd thing. As odd a thing as there is.

It is more than a little ironic that "capital accumulation" once a rather tendentious Marxian view of a supposed capitalist obsession, should have become - of all things - Wall Street's own slogan.

Three things I never lends - my 'oss, my wife, and my name.

Spend time doing things that matter.

Don't go looking in dark places, because dark things live there.

You appreciate little things, like walks on the beach with a defibrillator.

When you have a great audience, you can just keep going and finding new things.

Of course it does not apply to me. I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy and goodness. Trust me in all things.

When things go wrong, your best recovery effort is required. But don't just provide the missing piece (that's the recovery), also provide uniquely personal assistance (that's the memorable effort).

Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.

Obviously it always takes longer to finish an album than you think it will. That's always going to be the case. Everything takes longer than you think it will. Occasionally things happen fast.

The biggest thing I've learned is location.

Talk and action are two different things.

Love is an open secret, the most obvious thing in the world and the most hidden, with no why to how it keeps its mystery.

O, Great Spirit, open my eyes, open heart's wings, open my ears to your voice in all things.

My motivation comes from a love of being creative. I'm in love with music and colour and laughter and dancing and all things that are beautiful.

No two things are equal. No two people are equal. Nobody can guarantee equal outcomes unless everybody's poor.

You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things.