The best Quotes and Sayings

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

As long as I do not take myself too seriously, I should not be too badly off.

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

I'd rather go by bus.

As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration.

Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth.

I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents.

The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken.

The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

They are just really stupid people in Hollywood. You write them a script, and they say they love it, they absolutely love it. Then they say, 'But doesn't it need a small dog, and an Eskimo, and shouldn't it be set in New Guinea?' And you say, 'But it is a sophisticated romantic comedy set in Paris.'

Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

I think there are still unanswered questions about Benghazi. I think there are unanswered questions, and they could be easily answered. But I think they need to be answered.

There are those who would draw a sharp line between power politics and a principled foreign policy based on values. This polarized view - you are either a realist or devoted to norms and values - may be just fine in academic debate, but it is a disaster for American foreign policy. American values are universal.

The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow. But what you know today cannot affect what you did yesterday.

I came, I saw, I conquered. Thank you LA Galaxy for making me feel alive again. To the Galaxy fans - you wanted Zlatan, I gave you Zlatan. You are welcome. The story continues... Now go back to watch baseball.

I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own.

I always find stuff in my characters to relate to.

Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.

I love doing the stunts. It's as simple as that.

To me, it's always good to retain a sense of wonder and never good too big for life, like you've seen it all before.

I love a girl with a good sense of humour, who is confident but who has a sweetness to her - that melts my heart.

It was always a dream as I was growing up. I would watch movies, mostly American movies, and be so engrossed in those stories, all I wanted to do was be there. I wanted to be part of that romance or that fantasy or be that warrior or that struggling soul who finally makes it good.

We're watching them. Turkey has assured us that those are being investigated. There is no place for genocide, for ethnic cleansing, for war crimes in the 21st century.

It's better to burn out, than to fade away.

If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.'

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.

Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

If there is one God, then there is only His way to attain Him, not another. One must follow that way and reject the other. Worship not him who is born only to die, but Him who is eternal and is contained in the whole universe.

Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

It's not easy to leave your hometown and your family and your support system and come out to Los Angeles to - to pursue a dream where the odds are not in your favor.

I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.

There is but One God. His name is Truth; He is the Creator. He fears none; he is without hate. He never dies; He is beyond the cycle of births and death. He is self-illuminated. He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning; He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True. He is also True now.

I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.

You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide.

There's something messed up with my brain.

Live music is better.

I've learned it's important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is.

Rock and roll is here to stay.