The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.
Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll meet them on your way down.
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Things present themselves to you, and it’s how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don’t we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it’s your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
I’ve been very fortunate to have good people in my life, and when you find good people, you gotta hold onto them real tight.
Deforestation will continue as long as cutting down and burning trees is more economic than preserving them.
Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.
There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that’s important.
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
I learned that life is filled with ups and downs and it’s just about how you react to them.
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
It’s when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that’s the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.
The liberals can understand everything but people who don’t understand them.
Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
It is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they’re gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that’s a joy.
Let them eat cake.
You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.
A cardio workout increases blood flow and acts as a filter system. It brings nutrients like oxygen, protein, and iron to the muscles that you’ve been training and helps them recover faster.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect.
As much as I don’t want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they’re not pleased with what I’m presenting. I want it to be perfect for them. I want them to have a different sense of pride in my music.
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.
Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors – it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.
Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.
Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don’t do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals.
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
It’s in responsibility that most people find the meaning that sustains them through life. It’s not in happiness. It’s not in impulsive pleasure.
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don’t have to manage them.
He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.
I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God.
I’ve got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
Every villain has their belief system that makes perfect sense to them.
It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn’t. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.
If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they’re yours; if they don’t they never were.
The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
I have not an ounce of regret. Every link is so valuable in forming the chain that is my life. Who I am today is because of those links, and I wouldn’t change any of them.
A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.
The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.
He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.
Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren’t aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are.
I get a ton of scam emails. But instead of deleting them, I decided to hit reply.
What I’ve enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn – I love it!
We don’t do drugs, drink or use profanity. Instead we instill morals and values in my boys by raising them with a love of God and a love and respect for themselves and all people. I believe they will have a chance.
I’ve made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.
