Does Quotes

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.

I mean, why am I considered an 'it girl?' Because I'm in a lot of movies right now or am on the covers of magazines? I just hope there is something solid behind that. Because here's the thing with 'it girl' status. It's great and amazing that anybody is saying that at all. But how long does that last?

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

To him who knows to prosper and does it not, to him it is sin.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.

There are certainly good examples of incredibly brilliant, beautiful music that has been made commercially available and sold everywhere. But I would say that, for the most part, quantity certainly does not speak well for quality.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

The United States, and the president's made this clear, does not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. That's a red line for us. And it's a red line obviously for the Israelis so we share a common goal here.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does.

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.

I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

Right is right, even if no one else does it.

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

I have never met anyone who did not support our troops. Sometimes, however, we hear accusations that someone or some group does not support the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. But this is pure demagoguery, and it is intellectually dishonest.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.

I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does.