We Are Not Quotes

If I have accomplished anything good, then it's mainly because I've been driven by the need to know whether I can accomplish things I'm not sure I have the capacity for.

Misses! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry-- Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry.

You know how most dogs lick you on the cheek? If you're sleeping and not ready for it, my dog, Joe, will get his tongue inside your mouth. It's by far the worst kiss I've ever had.

As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.

Certain songs just feel a way that's hard to put into words and it's not happy and it's also not really sad but I couldn't say what it is

The key to success is not purely who's the smartest, who's the best, but also who can say with conviction, "I deserve it." The entire concept is wrapped up in one phrase: "Why not me?

When you see someone who has turned his passion into a profit, ask yourself, ‘Why not me?

I'm not sure what [my latest works are] about but I'm convinced they're the best things I've done and I'm going to the world's best museums with them.

Instead of asking Him to remember you, why not pray to find comfort and value where He has taken you.

I can't do all that riddly diddly stuff. I'm not good enough. It's all about not playing.

I've been working on something, just some jazz, relaxed stuff. It will be standard, just piano and voice. It started out as a fun project for me though, I'm still not sure about releasing it.

I was a runaway girl from France who married an American and moved to New York City. Im not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup.

Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!' 'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.

I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.

Haven't you picked up on the irony of life by now? Things only just happen when you're not ready. When you're ready, you start trying, and gadamn I feel like trying right now.

I'm a human just like any of the people that you adore, whether they're in TV shows or movies or they're writers or YouTubers. Their lives are not perfect.

You're either reading a book or you're not.

God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time.

True love is not selfish. In time it accustoms itself to anything which secures happiness for its object.

I am afraid of the worst, but I am not sure what that is.

I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.

It doesn't bother me that people are stupid. I'm not stupid.

I'm not interested in how things were, or how we ended up where we are now. What interests me is what we are now and what we will be.

I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.

I am not interested in releasing best of stuff and I have not given my permission. You release best of packages when you're a has-been and have nothing new to offer.

There are so many cute vintage dresses made out of synthetics from the '60s and '70s - but they're so itchy and hot. It's not worth it!

She's perfect, so flawless, I'm not impressed.

I am not sure I trust you." "You can trust me with your life, My King." "But not with my wine, obviously. Give it back.

The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt.

It's great to jump into things you're not sure of and you haven't done and that are a little scary. That's what we have to do, as artists.

Literature is that which he can not read without pain, without choking on truth.

Luckily, I'm not afraid to make a fool of myself.

I can say for the first time that I am not afraid, and while this is a feeling that can undoubtedly change with time, I feel cradled by this universe and the immense love that comes from it.

Fear not, too much, an open enemy; He is consistent--always at his post; But watchful be of him who holds the key Of your own heart, and flatters you the most.

It's nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I'm bloody close.

I'm a perfectionist; there's always something we need to improve upon, and I think that's a really healthy model for artistic growth and progressing. I'm not ready for a masterpiece.

I’m not afraid, but I’m very nervous.

The big problem with literature is people tend to take the dialogue from the book, forgetting that everything that surrounds it is literate, therefore not knowing quite how to put that on screen.

Save myself from death is that it?! Is that why I've come here?! I'm not afraid to die! At times I've welcomed death!

I wrote a whole novel before The Beach. Unpublishable. Junk. But, for some reason I stuck at novels and wrote a second. Still not sure why I didn't give up. Stubborn, maybe.

The best leaders are very often the best listeners. They have an open mind. They are not interested in having their own way but in finding the best way.

When people talk about how in America, anybody can grow up to be President, I'm not sure George Bush is exactly what they had in mind.

Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put up a wall to keep our people in.

I just really thought about it and decided I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all. And I think it's really madness to risk your body, risk your well-being and risk your happiness for money.

I took out my watch and listened to it clicking away, not knowing it couldn't even lie

How can people be so stupid? I marvel at that. See, I think you have to work as being ignorant - and if you're gonna work at being ignorant, why not work at being informed?

If a theory can not be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless.

If she be not honest, chaste, and true, there's no man happy.

America I used to be a communist when I was a kid and I'm not sorry.

After surviving the tsunami in Sri Lanka and facing that moment where I was not sure if I would live to see the next, I learned all that matters is now.