3 December 2020 Brendan Gill Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
3 December 2020 Georg Simmel Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship.
3 December 2020 Ralph Waldo Emerson People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
3 December 2020 Albert Brooks I’ve done performances in movies that I was immensely proud of and the movies didn’t take off like a rocket at Cape Canaveral, it didn’t take off.
3 December 2020 Napoleon Bonaparte The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
3 December 2020 Claudio Reyna I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn’t really there yet.
3 December 2020 Chris Evert I think team sports probably teach you more about giving – about being unselfish and being flexible.
3 December 2020 Sophie Ellis-Bextor I try not to wear anything I have to fidget with – there’s nothing worse than wearing something and pulling down the hem and re-adjusting the top. My pet hate is when girls wear those strapless dresses and spend the whole night yanking them up.
3 December 2020 Black Kettle Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.
3 December 2020 Jim Hightower This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.
3 December 2020 Samuel Gompers Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.
3 December 2020 Alton Brown I am a filmmaker. That is all I’ve ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
3 December 2020 Nolan Ryan And I’m a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.
3 December 2020 Diane Wakoski American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.
3 December 2020 Claude Monet People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it’s simply necessary to love.
3 December 2020 Lionel Messi The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.
3 December 2020 Peter Drucker Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.
3 December 2020 Nguyen Cao Ky Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena.
3 December 2020 Scott Walker We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers.
3 December 2020 Erykah Badu I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I’m not judgmental. And I’m a vegetarian.
3 December 2020 Rick Springfield The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song ‘Christmas with You’ from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.
3 December 2020 Marilyn Manson I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not like what I do. I lost my identity. Everything began collapsing around me.
3 December 2020 John Boehner And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.
3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie I admit I can’t shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for.