We Are Not Quotes

I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.

Young black men had an opportunity to make money that they had never made before, so why not be flashy? I'm not mad at the flash. It just needed to be balanced.

God is not interested in our public displays of piety. He's not interested in religion in terms of the outward show. He's interested in godliness.

If you have ever typed 'sorry not sorry' I hope you die... not sorry.

I keep hearing this [expletive] thing that guns don't kill people, but people kill people. If that's the case, why do we give people guns when they go to war? Why not just send the people?

Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.

We educate one another; and we cannot do this if half of us consider the other half not good enough to talk to.

He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man.

My Poor Dad Often Said, 'I'd Rather Be Happy Than Rich.' My Rich Dad Said, 'Why Not Be Both?'

I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that everything ends badly. I just carry hope in my heart.

Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.

I'm better than I used to be. Better than I was yesterday. But hopefully not as good as I'll be tomorrow.

I hate people who cry around me. I'm not friends with them anymore. Especially girls. Cuz girls are crying all the time. It's like, 'Shut up.'

One can not start by saying that our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends upon us to give it importance.

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

Life in freedom is not easy, and democracy is not perfect.

I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not worthy of a human being to give up.

But the customer is the final, final filter. What survives the whole process is what people wear. I'm not interested in making clothes that end up in some dusty museum.

If you do the best thing everyday of your life, but nothing shakes you nor shakes the table for you and others, it is stale and its not worth it.

Fear not because God is with you.

Whatever the theories may be of woman's dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens.

Be not afraid of greatness.

Amnesia is not knowing who one is and wanting desperately to find out. Euphoria is not knowing who one is and not caring. Ecstasy is knowing exactly who one is - and still not caring.

Even though you have pain in your legs, you can do it. Even though your practice is not good enough, you can do it.

One day he (Einstein) said that the only mechanical force more powerful than steam, electricity and atomic energy is will. That Albert guy was not stupid. With will you can achieve things.

Answering a letter from a church asking what else they should try after having failed to raise enough money on bake sales, bazaars, suppers, etc. Why not try religion?

Why is it that it's okay to call a white person "mate" yet it's not okay to call a black guy "primate"?

Ambition is never modest. If modesty means to have middling success, then I can only say: I'm not interested.

If you have breakouts, it can be really healing, it's a little bit stinky, but if you're not sleeping over at your boyfriend's, it's really effective

My life has always been unplanned. So when something comes along, I feel like, Why not give it a try? It's fun to experiment like that.

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

I'm very careful about violence in games. I'm not interested in creating violent effects.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at.

I don't mean to imply that I'm afraid of Death. I'm just not ready to go out on a date with him.

Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?

In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments.

I am not interested in an economic liberation of man without the liberation of the whole man.

If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear

If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, you are not ready to code it.

If you can not arrive in daylight, then stand off well clear, and wait until dawn. After all, that's one of the things God made boats for- to wait in.

I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting.

I only said 'Titanic' is unwatchable because one can not watch it.

Our people were not happy. I knew at some point we were going to win. It's a little unfair, but that's the reality. To some degree, it became a one-game season for some folks.

Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body.

All solutions are temporary, so why not go for duct tape?