Very Quotes

I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look - that healthy equals beautiful.

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.

You become very known for being someone's girlfriend, and all of a sudden there's all this hype and buzz for all the wrong reasons.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.

And if I were the president, I'd go out there and I'd emphasize the things I have done, and I'd say, 'Some things haven't worked, and I'm sorry about that, but I keep trying.' And I'm - and I think the president is a very viable candidate, and you're going to have a real horse race here no matter who the Republican nominee is.

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life.

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.

Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.

Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

I'm always very nervous about the word 'dancer' next to my name because anyone who's really trained in dance will go, 'This guy's fudging so badly.'

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

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

I'm not religious, but I'm very spiritual.

We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

I live with some of my best friends from high school, very commune-like, in my house. It's my hippie way of life.

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.