Quotes for All
I never thought of myself as a sex symbol. I just do the cover of magazines. I think it’s really unfair men or people in the world think you can’t be both – you can’t be a sex symbol and a serious businessperson. Who says I can’t be both? Who says I can’t do the … Read more
You cannot gauge the intelligence of an American by talking with him; you must work with him. The American polishes and refines his way of doing things-even the most commonplace-the way the French of the 17th century polished their maxims. Eric Hoffer
The whole history of man is continuous proof of the maxim that to divest one’s methods of ethical concepts means to sink into the depths of utter demoralization. Emma Goldman
Humans have a saying that Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which basically means that if you think it’s beautiful, then it is beautiful. The elfin version of this saying was composed by the great poet B.O Selecta, who said Even the plainest of the plain shall deign to reign, which critics have … Read more
There is no such thing as a happy ending. Every culture has a maxim that makes this point, while nowhere in the Universe is there a single gravestone that reads ‘He Loved Everything About His Life, Especially the Dying Bit at the End’. Eoin Colfer
Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction. Ellen Glasgow
The maxims for success laid out by the powerful are never much good as guides for those who aren’t powerful. Elizabeth Janeway
Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs. Eliot Spitzer
It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. \”Get a reputation, and then go to bed,\” is the absurdest of all maxims. \”Keep up a reputation or go to bed, \”would be nearer the truth. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
I do subscribe to the maxim that generally comedy is like jazz. Either you get it or you don’t. You can’t learn it and you can’t be taught it. I don’t think that if you are not a funny person, you can fake it. Edward Norton