Two Things Quotes

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

Machines deprive us of two things which are certainly important ingredients of human happiness, namely, spontaneity and variety.

Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem to be on anyone else s list. I felt like the stranger in a strange land, and decided I'd better not marry the natives.

However, we couldn't focus on the films much during the series because we're dumb. Individually we're smart guys, but together we're one big dumb guy, and couldn't concentrate on two things at once.

Two things are necessary, the development of individuality and the participation of the individual in a truly social life.

Every sentence must do one of two things-reveal character or advance the action.

There are two things I eat that I know I shouldn't: chocolate and ice cream. You only live once, so I am going to eat chocolate.

You can't suffer over two things at once.

Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too much.

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.

At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying whole wide world.

I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime.

As a southern man, there's two things I'm definitely not scared of: bow ties and white pants.

Two things are necessary for success in life; one is a sense of purpose and the other, a touch of madness.

There are two things that kill a genius - a fatal disease and contentment.

A young lady ought to be two things: tasteful and breathtaking.

There's two things you need to know. One, that you won't quit on yourself, and two, that I've done the work.

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother who lets him have one

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to do

A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

I, as a Muslim woman living in 1993, I want to have two things - the mosque and the satellite, both at the same time. And no one can mutilate me by telling me I cannot have the mosque or the Koran.

Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.

Two things I recognize, O Lord, in myself: Nature, which Thou hast made; Sin, which I have added.

But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

We presuppose two things: that there is yet to be learned infinitely more than is now known, and that man can learn it.

Acting is one of the two things that give me the most joy. The other thing is travelling. Nothing else matters to me.

There are many things that go to make up an education, but there are just two things without which no man can ever hope to have an education and these two things are character and good manners.

There are two things I know about life... Only the good die young but the real jerks will live forever.

There are two things that really get under Gary Neville's skin: scousers and policemen.

Herd pressure is to be judged by two things: first, its intensity, and second, its direction.

When you're cornered, there are two things you can do: move or fight.

There are two things that interest me: the relation of people to each other, and the relation of people to land.

You must get good at one of two things; planting in the spring or begging in the fall.

There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of mortification, that is useless and vain.

The freedom of women was achieved by two things: One, the Pill. Two... by labour-saving devices like the washing machine. By science, not feminism.

I'm the leading scorer in the cup, and that's lovely, but don't forget this is also a great moment for the whole squad, when the two things coincide you can't ask for more.

If you read the biography of any great man, you will always notice two things: His mother's contribution in his progress and his teacher's contribution in his growth and development.

Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.

In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.

There's two things I gotta do. One is, I gotta update my resume. And then, I have to call my mother.

People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.

There are two things I like stiff and one of them's jelly.

There is no fear. There are only two things. Trained and untrained.

Only two things I know about Albuquerque - Bugs Bunny should've taken a left turn there. And give me a hundred tries, I'll never be able spell it.

I think it is very important for you to do two things: act on your temporary conviction as if it was a real conviction; and when you realize that you are wrong, correct course very quickly.

Two things are easiest to do. One, to carry water in a sieve. Two, to still the mind. Freeze water. Breathe calm. Only two secrets to learn.