“I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 59 of 303
“What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.”
“That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”
“I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.”
“Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.”
“I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.”
“I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.”
“Be sincere; be brief; be seated.”
“Photography concentrates one's eye on the superficial. For that reason it obscures the hidden life which glimmers through the outlines of things like a play of light and shade. One can't catch that even with the sharpest lens.”
“A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.”
“I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me.”
“Time is the only critic.”
“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
“The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient-at others so bewildered and weak-and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control!”
“Why do you keep maintaining your ideas are right if you can't prove them?”
“One errs as long as one strives.”
“Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him.”
“How imperfect is all our knowledge!”
“I think when we talk about corporal punishment, and we have to think about our own children, and we are rather reluctant, it seems to me, to have other people administering punishment to our own children, because we are reluctant, it puts a special obligation on us to maintain order and to send children out from our homes who accept the idea of discipline. So I would not be for corporal punishment in the school, but I would be for very strong discipline at home so we don't place an unfair burden on our teachers.”
“He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.”