“Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 84 of 303
“Well, I don't like the word 'rock star,' the two words, 'rock star.' Not even 'soft rock star. Not even limestone star. I don't like those words.”
“It's true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder.”
“I was always annoyed by too much explaining.”
“Capel said, "Remember that you're a woman." All too often I forgot that.”
“I used to listen to what others said, and expect them to act accordingly. But nowadays, I listen to what they say, and then observe what they do.”
“When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.”
“Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.”
“When the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary; when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary.”
“Schoolchildren all over America are told to write to authors-often to authors whom they have never before heard of, whose work they are to young to understand in the least, and often in letters which are almost illiterate. If children are to be taught to respect the work of American poets I think some better way might be found to do so- some way which would not make such an inconsiderate demand on the author's time.”
“Look at the footprints you've made.”
“Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but when they try a poem or story or novel they become pretentious.”
“I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.”
“Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.”
“One of the things I've been thinking about lately is how the change in values makes the survival of the old values, where they do survive, all the more striking. There are pockets of the old bullfighting world that exist more or less intact, both in Spain and elsewhere.”
“I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.”
“We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike.”
“When we would show any one that he is mistaken, our best course is to observe on what side he considers the subject,--for his view of if is generally right on this side,--and admit to him that he is right so far. He will be satisfied with this acknowledgment, that he was not wrong in his judgment, but only inadvertent in not looking at the whole case.”
“We are so presumptuous that we wish to be known to all the world, even to those who come after us; and we are so vain that the esteem of five or six persons immediately around us is enough to amuse and satisfy us.”
“You'll find out when you reach the top, you're on the bottom.”