The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.
ALAIN DE BOTTONReality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
More Jr., Sammy Davis Quotes
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Luck is a dividend of sweat.
RAY KROC -
The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.
JAMES ALLEN -
People like to examine the things that frighten them, to look at them and give them names, so saints look for god, and scientists look for evidence. They’re both just trying to take away from the mystery, to take away from the fear.
DAKOTA FANNING -
If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
TOM PETTY -
Amid the vulnerability lives courage, let your truth be seen.
CAILIN HARGREAVES -
I have shed pewter tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me go to the wars and lose arms and legs! It would at least be a change.
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN -
The darkness doesn’t stand a chance against the sun.
MARINE ASHNALIKYAN -
Liberal capitalism is not perfect, but compared to the other ‘isms,’ it’s far superior.
AYAAN HIRSI ALI -
How can I be sincere if I am constantly changing my mind to conform with the shadow of what I think others expect of me?
THOMAS MERTON -
Indeed, if you’re looking for a funny, nonportentous Hemingway, then the early Powell is your man.
BLAKE BAILEY -
National security – the military is the first thing we should spend money on. You have to fully fund that first. And then you should be paying for everything else.
MARCO RUBIO -
Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON -
My father came a couple of times, but he always blamed his hearing loss on my loud amplifiers. So he didn’t come anymore, but I had his support.
PATTI SMITH -
On our American tour bus, the bunks are a bit taller so that we don’t bash our heads. On the English bus, we bash our heads every morning. It’s not the best thing to do first thing when you wake up.
LIAM PAYNE -
I don’t believe in proving a point to anybody. Nobody is that important.
AISHWARYA RAI