Things Quotes

Fearful and unprepared, we have assumed lordship over the life or death of the whole world, of all living things.

In nature two things do not occur-the wheel and good taste.

Best thing is to get the words down every day. And it is time to start now.

I think today if we forbade our illiterate children to touch the wonderful things of our literature, perhaps they might steal them and find secret joy.

Doc still loved true things but he knew that it was not a general love and it could be a very dangerous mistress.

The people in flight from the terror behind-strange things happen to them, some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that the faith is refired forever.

I know three things will never be believed - the true, the probable, and the logical

All things to all men only fools will tell, Truth profits none but those that use it well.

I learned early on that there are certain things you can control in the press, and things you cannot.

I told my manager, 'If we can't do the things now that we want to do, what good is the power?... Let's test it and try to get the things done that we believe in.'

I'm not big on sequels; I've done them, but I like doing little things that have their own timelessness to them, classic type things, and then you go onto something new.

The great thing about the dead, they make space.

One of the nice things about having a lover, it makes you think about everything anew. The rest of your life becomes a kind of movie, flat and even rather funny.

The world is just going to continue to fragment, and that's a great thing.

To have you in my life is wondrous Yet all good things, allegedly, come to an end, Piffle, says I, for you, undoubtedly, Will forever be my lover and best friend.

Ever feel like killing somebody just to see if you could get away with it? Sure, you have. Everybody has little things that get on their nerves.

Terrible things always seemed to happen to hitchhikers in movies - including my own. It has always been glamorous and dangerous and scary and sexy.

All things do help the unhappy man to fall.

Why can't we have patience and expect good things to take time?

When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.

The clock is the most sacred thing in a hospital.

An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.

Finding someone to share your life with is one of the most important things a human can do and was preached to me by my mother.

I worked out what would make me happy, and I worked out what I wanted to do, and I trained myself to do the job that would make those two things happen

There were a lot of great things you could go and hear for very little money at the time [ '80s]. Mike Stern is still playing at the 55 Bar on Mondays or Wednesdays.

The best thing you can do is just go and have fun with [competition].

If you go with that spirit, good things will come for you. If you go into it with an assumption that you're a genius and that you're entitled to something, it's a little tougher.

The funny thing about stopping is that as soon as you do it, here you are.

People are very sophisticated consumers of information, and they're pulling all different things.

Every generation has their challenge. And things change rapidly, and life gets better in an instant.

The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic background.

Historians write favorably, you know, for example, about Stalin because he was doing big things.

If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information to which you are exposed.

It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say.

My big thing is people. I just love people in my life.

Gymnastics is definitely my job, but the great thing about that is I love my job.

I remember getting a Phoenix Suns T-shirt. I had that Phoenix Suns T-shirt forever. It's the funny things you remember as a kid, but it was a blast.

When I looked at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible.

We talked about nothing in particular, but it felt like we were talking about the most important things.

Everything I did, I did because I thought it was the correct thing to do… I am not a hero, it is true… But I am not a bad person, either.

The paper, the stapler, the staples, the tape. It makes me sick. Physical things. Forty years of loving someone becomes staples and tape.

It seems entirely possible to me that horrible things can be going on without us becoming horrible people.

Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them.

I couldn't see passion as a bad thing.

Some people are upset to see you doing ordinary things. Those people, if they were a celebrity, they would have an entourage.

I think my favorite thing is the mystery of life - it makes you feel that much better about accomplishing something.

Improbable things happen a lot...

I was raised that emotion was a good thing.

Sometimes I feel like there are people just waiting for me to fall. The funny thing is, I can't give them anything. I have just never been a partier, even in school.

To this day writing is the most painful thing to do.