Does Quotes

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

I tell myself time heals. It really does.

Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

I don't want to see blood spewing out but I don't mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.

The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.

The general rule is that anything that is passed on in reproduction does not undergo senescence.

One's work usually occupies more than half of one's waking life. Choosing work that does not bring happiness will lead to a life that is mostly disappointing.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

Summer nearly does me in every year. It's too hot and the light is unforgiving and the days go on way too long.

Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.

The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses.

In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, 'What does your dad do?' 'What does your mom do?'

My sister wanted to be an actress, but she never made it. She does live in a trailer. She got halfway. She's an actress, she just never gets called to the set.

I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught.

I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don't know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel better. It just does. Sometimes I see a really great outfit, I'll break up with someone on purpose.

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

Does anybody think these people were just sitting around drinking tea?

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it.

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.