Actions are the doors and windows of being. Unless we act, we have no way of knowing what we are.
THOMAS MERTONYale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity.
More Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. Quotes
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER -
My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.
RODNEY DANGERFIELD -
Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it’s money. I guess the world really do change.
LORRAINE HANSBERRY -
I was a photographer first.I worked alone. I did it my way as much as I could. I have been sort of courageous about doing things, because I didn’t think I should do less than my brothers.
AGNES VARDA -
No one pays attention to these killings, but the secret of the world is hidden in them.
ROBERTO BOLANO -
I think the Emmy obviously is very prestigious and is the gold standard obviously in terms of television. But the Oscars go beyond that. I believe children, when they’re growing up, dream of holding that Oscar.
BRAD GREY -
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
JOHN CALVIN -
Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.
BRANDON BOYD -
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]
GEORGE HERBERT -
In the end, our worship is more about what we do than what we say.
LOUIE GIGLIO -
You can always improve your situation. But you do so by facing it, not by running away.
BRAD WARNER -
Life is but a day at most.
ROBERT BURNS -
A middle finger is more New York than a corporate ambush. I bleed for my hometown, and I’d die for my fans.
LADY GAGA -
I loved my husband very much, and it was heartbreaking to have him develop Alzheimer’s disease, and to stand by and watch him decline in his ability to take care of himself.
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR -
Take a break before you do.
SOPHIA JOAN