Does Quotes

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.

Jay-Z is like a rap-savant, he doesn't have to write the rhymes down, he can create complex raps in his head. I mean he does memorize it, he just doesn't write it down on paper. He doesn't freestyle onto the track, it's all thought out.

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.

Basting is evil. Basting does nothing for the meat. Why? Skin. Skin is designed to keep stuff out of the bird, so basting just lets heat out of the oven. That means the turkey will take longer to cook... so don't touch that door!

The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

I don't think any of us can compete with Cowell. He is the best at what he does.

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

God's only excuse is that he does not exist.

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.

I believe in the impossible because no one else does.

Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don't see why anybody does.

The king reigns but does not govern.

I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.

Quebec does not have Opinions, but only sentiments.