Top 530 Very Quotes

I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things.

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.

I guess I just feel very comfortable with being myself.

I love black and white and very simple and classic clothes.

It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last; it has no end. But finding the right person is a very difficult thing.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.

I believe in fate, but I also believe that hard work and diligence plays a very important role in our lives.

I don’t consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

You are a child of the sun, you come from the sun, and that is something true with the Earth also… your relationship with the Earth is so deep, and the Earth is in you and this is something not very difficult, much less difficult then philosophy.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

The girls and women of our race must not be afraid to take hold of business endeavor and, by patient industry, close economy, determined effort and close application to business, wring success out of a number of business opportunities that lie at their very doors.

Every opportunity that comes your way, you can’t take lightly. You have to take it very, very seriously, because the opportunities are limited. If you want to keep working, you can’t be such an elitist, to say no, that’s not good enough, not big enough, not smart enough, whatever.

A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

I have known war as few men now living know it. It’s very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.

It is very hard to explain to people who have never known serious depression or anxiety the sheer continuous intensity of it. There is no off switch.

We’re blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We’re not designed to know how little we know.

My best personality trait that I think I’m very approachable. And my worst is that I can be moody.

When people show loyalty to you, you take care of those who are with you. It’s how it goes with everything. If you have a small circle of friends, and one of those friends doesn’t stay loyal to you, they don’t stay your friend for very long.

I’m very, very lazy. I love to sit in a chair and look out the window and do nothing.

Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.

I am a simple person; I come from a very simple home. We believe in enjoying life and what we have.

Professionalism and punctuality are extremely important, especially in the career path I’ve chosen. Being on sets, film schedules can be very stringent and tight. They are sometimes at odd hours in various locations. Being there when you’re called just ensures that the day starts smoothly.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.

I’d say I’m moody, I’d say I’m temperamental. But within my certain group of friends and family, I’m very open and outgoing and joke around a lot.

You don’t make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.

I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I’m very stubborn.

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m very good, I’m a loyal person and I would never treat anyone badly – what goes around comes around. But I do go for the bad boy. I haven’t outgrown that.

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

Confidence is very sexy. You could be not cute at all and have such confidence.

Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.

These people are very unskilled in arms… with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.

Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.

When I see old friends, I’m very excited.

My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to give us an education and provide us with the most comfortable life possible. My dad provided for his family daily. So, yes, that is definitely in my DNA.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

The Windrush era is a very important part of British history as it helps us understand how and why we became the multicultural society we are today, and also helps us understand the history of race relations in this country.

My self-respect is very dear to me.

I’m very much a gentleman in what I do.

Everything is very black and white for me. I don’t really like playing mind games.

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

I am very excited about the prospect of using cryptocurrency, not just as a money equivalent, but using it as a way to earn something as a result of doing some type of work.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

Kanye West is a brilliant poet and artist. He and I work in a very similar way. We feel the vibration, the power of something, and it inspires us to create, whether it is music or design. It is the same process. Working with Kanye is a joy and great privilege. In 2012, we did collaboration together.

I’m very strict with my packing and have everything in its right place. I never change a rule. I hardly use anything in the hotel room. I wheel my own wardrobe in and that’s it.

I would say don’t take advice from people like me who have gotten very lucky. We’re very biased. You know, like Taylor Swift telling you to follow your dreams is like a lottery winner telling you, ‘Liquidize your assets; buy Powerball tickets – it works!’

I’m very happy with my life. I am what I am. I don’t worry about anything that I can’t control. That’s a really good lesson in life.

If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.

I don’t think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

It’s very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.

I am not an optimist. I’m a very serious possibilist. It’s a new category where we take emotion apart and we just work analytically with the world.

I am a very private person. No one ever knows anything about me as I don’t think it is necessary. I tell people as much as I want them to know about me.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.

We are so very ‘umble.

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life.

Life is about growth and exploration, not achieving a fixed state of balance. You have a very limited time on earth to experience all that you can. Figuring out how to squeeze the most out of your family, work, and spirituality is your life’s purpose. Go do it.

I’ve never felt particularly ambitious or driven, that’s for sure, although I like to create stuff, whether it’s a little doodle, a drawing, a small painting or a movie or a piece of music, so I suppose I’m driven by that. Everything I’ve done has felt very natural, and it’s happened because it’s happened.