Thing Quotes
Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.
E. M. ForsterE. M. Forster I’ve done a lot of dumb things in my life.
Jason MomoaJason Momoa My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
Akira KurosawaAkira Kurosawa I couldn’t stand here, hanging on, when the very thing i held disappeared more with each passing day.
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.
Agnes ObelAgnes Obel The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.
Carson McCullersCarson McCullers That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothing.
Akkineni NagarjunaAkkineni Nagarjuna Unless you have a sense of values that’s shared by people and turns them loose to do certain things on their own within those sets of values.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston The new kings of the world will live tranquilly for a long time, confining themselves to devouring each other and being parasites among each other on a cottage industry scale.
Primo LeviPrimo Levi Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
HippocratesHippocrates I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I’ve done, but I’m sure my list would never be complete.
Veronica RothVeronica Roth It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would tell her was so true that it would make everything all right.
Carson McCullersCarson McCullers Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn.
Satya NadellaSatya Nadella Being a success in the world, having total control of one’s life, is about being able to take or leave things.
Giles CorenGiles Coren Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham I never enquire into the origin of things, all Origin is a fallacy (in this I follow Nietzsche: origin is a very contested Cartesian illusion of reliability).
Agustin Fernandez MalloAgustin Fernandez Mallo