Thing Quotes

Julia progresses from cradle to grave, showing how government makes every good thing in her life possible. The weak economy, high unemployment, falling wages, rising gas prices, the national debt, the insolvency of entitlements - all these are fictionally assumed away in a cartoon that is produced by a president who wants us to forget about them.

Aaron Sorkin was completely unable to understand the actual psychology of Mark or of Facebook. He can't conceive of a world where social status or getting laid or, for that matter, doing drugs, is not the most important thing.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

There's no such thing as good news in America.

I get tired of wearing the same thing all the time too.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you'.

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

Well the thing is that the New York of 1846 to 1862 was very different from downtown New York now. Really nothing from that period still exists in New York.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.

You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

But anyone who's done a musical knows; whether you're dancing or not, physically it's the most difficult thing you can do.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

It's a mystery. That's the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, it's mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.

The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply.

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Everybody in America started to define themselves by all these things they had around them. And all of a sudden it came tumbling down. So the old American dream has died, and that is a good thing.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

All over the world, the idea of creating an melange of international musics, it's a very healthy thing.