We Are Not Quotes

Do something youre not ready to do. In the worst case, youll learn your limitations.

I think people enjoy reading about money, but the people who are in charge of giving me guidance tell me not to talk about it in interviews. Why not? That's what everybody thinks about.

You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.

Humility doesn't mean hiding in the corner and pretending you are not strong. Humility means to be what you are.

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

I am not perfect. I just think that imperfections are beautiful.

I'm still not sure I didn't hallucinate the conversation while overdosing on his pheromones.

I never can understand how anyone can not smoke it deprives a man of the best part of life. With a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him, literally.

I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. I want them to know they are not alone - that Nevada's system can and will support them.

I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root: It is what you fear. I do not fear it: I have been there.

Human beings are not perfect. Their institutions are not perfect, but they have to keep trying. And America has to help people keep trying.

A writer is not interested in explaining reality, he’s only interested in capturing it.

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.

I thought the popular kids were the cool kids. I got caught up in that, and it was bogus. School is about finding who you are because thats more important than not being yourself.

Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car.

I feel there is something nice about not talking. Like you can say more by actually saying less.

51 years ago, when Hillary Clinton was working on the Goldwater campaign, Bernie Sanders was getting locked up for my rights. 50 years later he's talking about doing something and not talking.

If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow.

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

I take my hat off to you — or I would, if I were not afraid of showering you in spiders.

But I had not quite fixed whether to make him [Don Juan] end in Hell-or in an unhappy marriage,-not knowing which would be the severest.

I'm not sure what I'm trying to say, it could be that I've lost my way.

I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.

Im not interested in fad songs.

Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her.

The beauty of life is not knowing.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

Paranoia plays into all of us. Trust is a terrifying idea of not knowing who we can rely on.

I spent many years not knowing where my dad was... Not knowing if my dad was alive, even. He turned up when I was 16 out of the blue.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

There are a great many people in our society who are happy, but since they don't know they're happy, they're not happy.

Life, a good life, a great life is about "Why not?" May we never forget it.

I'm not afraid of retirement. Retirement sounds like a blast.

The trick is not caring what EVERYBODY thinks of you and just caring about what the RIGHT people think of you.

I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they're angels or something else, I'm not sure.

If we knew we were not alone in the universe it would have a very, very deep impact on our worldview, on our understanding of our place in the universe.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

I'm not afraid of death. I'm going home.

When the forms of an old culture are dying, the new culture is created by a few people who are not afraid to be insecure.

I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.

Live a "Why not?" life, man. Take the shot. The shot is always worth taking.

A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform... therefore a whole army is afraid of one man.

I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.

Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?

Just know you're not alone, 'cause I'm gonna make this place your home.

If you're not ready to make the greatest effort, don't even think about the greatest goal

People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy

I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's race or religion. . . . I have no place in my philosophy for such beliefs.

Love comes quietly... but you know when it is there because suddenly... you are not alone anymore... and there is no sadness in you.

As a founder you have to build a team some day, so why not start the day you found the company?