Something Quotes

I think that for the actors, the last thing that they want is a director that's not watching, a director that goes 'Okay, it sounded good to me,' and they were doing something else or preoccupied with something else because they were worried about the light changing.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed.

Anything that we think is incredible and beautiful and wonderful, we ascribe to something that we don't know what it is.

No matter how prosaic something is that you've done and been a part of again and again, there is so much more there that you haven't seen.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited.

When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to.

I would love to learn to play something so I don't have to rely on someone to collaborate with.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

Well, I'm telling them two things. One is that, look, this is going to be something when the American people realize - once it's passed - that, A, it does take care of preexisting conditions; B, you're insurance rates aren't going to skyrocket; C, the insurance companies aren't going to be running the show like they were before; D, you're going to be in a position where you can keep your insurance that you have. That once the American public realizes that, you're going to get a reward for this. They're going to be rewarded.

When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important.

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

I've always got something to say.

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.

With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.