Paul Simon on doubt
Paul Simon108 quotes · See all“And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you”
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We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
Paul SimonPaul Simon I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
Paul SimonPaul Simon I don’t very often think I’ve done a good job. I don’t like the majority of what I do. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’m not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
Paul SimonPaul Simon The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
Paul SimonPaul Simon A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
Paul SimonPaul Simon One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
Paul SimonPaul Simon Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
Paul SimonPaul Simon Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
Paul SimonPaul Simon How can you live in the Northeast?
Paul SimonPaul Simon Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
Paul SimonPaul Simon I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
Paul SimonPaul Simon The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
Paul SimonPaul Simon I don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
Paul SimonPaul Simon If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
Paul SimonPaul Simon Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it.
Paul SimonPaul Simon By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they’d immediately go out.
William BlakeWilliam Blake And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
Walter ScottWalter Scott Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result. It’s vulnerability that breeds with self-doubt and then is escalated, often deliberately, by fear.
Michelle ObamaMichelle Obama My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both, undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.
MaimonidesMaimonides In the cool afternoon the fiend from hell specifically sent to lovers arrived at Janie’s ear. Doubt.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God’s knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect.
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