Because Quotes

I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.

Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How'd they get so rich? Because they're free.

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.

I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.

It's kind of awkward to eat alone in a restaurant because everybody's looking at me.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.

Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.

We're special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, come true here. That's not just my story. That's your story. That's our story.

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.

Every day you must arise and say to your heart, I have suffered enough and now I must live because the light of the sun must not be wasted, it must not be lost without an eye to appreciate it.

The worst days are when you feel foggy in the head - chemo-brain they call it. It's awful because you feel boring. As well as bored. And stupid. And resigned.

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.

When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.

When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah.

People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot of theatre, so it's great for New York and it's also half-way between Europe and the west coast, so it's the best of both worlds.

I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.

Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.

The reason we wouldn't make a seven-inch tablet isn't because we don't want to hit a price point, it's because we don't think you can make a great tablet with a seven-inch screen.

Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.

Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite.

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.