Thing Quotes

Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.

Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.

I think it is a good thing to buy less and choose well - it's good for the environment and to be fair it's also good for me because my clothes are quite expensive.

A thing well done is worth doing.

How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.

The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them.

The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness.

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them' - he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always ready to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us!

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.

After being on the court for six hours, being on TV is very glamorous and fun for me. But tennis is always going to be my priority. It's not going to be this thing when all of a sudden TV will get in the way of that.

I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.

I can't believe this is happening to me. The weirdest thing is it was just a dream, and now it's actually real. It's hard to believe sometimes.

It's an amazing thing to say, 'I'm beautiful,' without feeling like you're cocky.

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don't like the melodies, and vice versa.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.

The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.