Things Quotes

Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.

It seems to me self-evident that if you have a life, things happen in it, and certain things do change; certain things end. People you know die.

Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.

Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean?

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.

I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more.

To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

My father, if anything, first and last, was a man of words. He loved stories; he didn't live for stories, exactly, but I think he lived through stories. I think, like many writers, he loved stories about things he had experienced as much as, if not more than, he loved the experiences themselves.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.

If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to a habitat bad things happen. The biggest danger to native wildlife is foreign wildlife.

If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a look!

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.