Able Quotes - Page 126

It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.

It's so sad that no one writes down the things we go through, and even worse - no one will ever know about it, no one will ever see or hear about it, no one will ever be able to restore.

I'm not focused on being perfect. I like trial and error. You learn through uncomfortable experiences. And now I know what doesn't work for me, and I know what does.

A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?

Become as knowledgeable as possible.

Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.

I loved being a child. If I do have a talent, it's not so much being an artist, but it's being able to remember back to that time.

Many words are in a state of mutation, the pronunciation being unsettled even in the best society, a result that must often arise where language is as variable and undetermined as the English.

I'm hopeful that we'll be able to study the ocean before we destroy it.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

The inexorable boredom that is at the core of life.

When there is propaganda, we are no longer able to evaluate certain questions, or even to discuss them

And this, incidentally, is my thumbnail sketch of American marriage: A woman sees a man; she likes him. Now she jumps on this thing and rides it to some kind of standstill. Then she changes it and trains it, and to the exact degree that she's able to do this, she disrespects him.

I don't necessarily agree that all animals are unpredictable. The more you know about an animal, the more you can work with it safely.

Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.

Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.

Pushing forty? She's hanging on for dear life.

People don't live nowadays: they get about ten percent out of life.

When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader's heart.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant.

The thing that makes me most vulnerable is romantic relationship.

What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?

My goal is this: always to put myself in the place in which I am best able to serve, wherever my gifts and qualities find the best soil to grow, the widest field of action. There is no other goal.

I've always been able to make erroneous decisions very quickly.