Thing Quotes

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

One thing that people keep on saying to me is that the wealth and the fame must have made up for missing out on my childhood. But the idea of money - putting a price on your childhood - is ridiculous. You will never get those years back and you can't put a price on them.

Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

The thing I fear most is fear.

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

The desktop metaphor was invented because one, you were a stand-alone device, and two, you had to manage your own storage. That's a very big thing in a desktop world. And that may go away. You may not have to manage your own storage. You may not store much before too long.

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.

Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, that'd be helpful.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know I've written a whole song in an hour.

It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core.

The thing about death is that it's honest.

Love is so confusing - you tell a girl she looks great and what's the first thing you do? Turn out the lights!

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

Teenage girls like certain things I wear - or certainly did when that whole boho thing happened.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.