Precious Quotes

The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

Collaboration is no longer painful - or precious.

Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.

My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom.

Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families.

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

I've been a big believer in musicians turned actor, going back to Sinatra winning the Oscar for 'From Here To Eternity.' David Bowie in 'Man Who Fell to Earth,' Kris Kristofferson's been great in a bunch of films. Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, I thought was great in 'Precious.'

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.

I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.

Sometimes you know you find precious things in the creative process that you couldn't find out of it.

There's something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious.

You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.

Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you're burying a lot of friends and family. And then there are times that feel really precious and everybody is doing okay. This is one of those times.

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

I always was one who didn't take things for granted. But I think I do appreciate things more now. The small moments of joy that we find each day are so much more precious now than when I looked at them before.

You've gotten words about those American and Iraqi deaths and mutilations, but precious few images.

We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared.

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow - red, yellow, brown, black and white - and we're all precious in God's sight.

Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose.

We trust something in a grocery store and assume it's good. We don't learn about the most precious thing in life-the food we put in our body. Educate yourself!

I think I'm very conscientious of how precious life is and how quickly life can be taken away from you, especially at times when it can be least expected.