Things Quotes

The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right?

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

I find it hard to deliver straightforward things.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

I'm intrigued by the way in which physical appearance can often direct a person's life; things happen differently for a beautiful woman than for a plain one.

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this.

I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all.

And these things are pretty much foundational: thou shall not kill, steal, bear false witness. All these things are embedded into the laws we enjoy in our nation.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.