Men Quotes - Page 117

Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.

The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.

I intend to be the greatest golfer in the world, the finest film producer in Hollywood, the greatest pilot in the world, and the richest man in the world.

The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry.

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who have fallen from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

I think we’re not looking sufficiently at what is happening at the grassroots in the country. We have not emphasized sufficiently the cultural revolution that we have to make among ourselves in order to force the government to do differently. Things do not start with governments.

If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments

When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.

All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.

The militancy of men, through all the centuries, has drenched the world with blood. The militancy of women has harmed no human life save the lives of those who fought the battle of righteousness.

Among our people, theres not any question about women being strong -- even stronger than men -- they work in the fields right along with the men. When your survival is at stake, you dont have these questions about yourself like middle -- class women do.

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.

Let us teach our people again to be proud that they are Filipinos. Let us teach them to realize anew that being a Filipino means having as rich and noble a heritage of language, culture, patriotism and heroic deeds as any nation on earth. Let us teach a steadfast faith in Divine Providence, a stable family institution, the unhampered enjoyment of civil liberties, the advantages of constitutional government, the potentials of a rich and spacious land.

I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.

The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.

We define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon compounds.

Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success.

When Abba Anthony thought about the depths of the judgments of God, he asked, 'Lord, how is it that some die when they are young, while others drag on to extreme old age? Why are there those who are poor and those who are rich? Why do wicked men prosper and why are the just in need?' He heard a voice answering him, 'Antony, keep your attention on yourself; these things are according to the judgment of God, and it is not to your advantage to know anything about them.'

The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.

Here is the path to the higher life: down, lower down! Just as water always seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds men abased and empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and to bless.

My art is grounded in the belief of one universal energy which runs through everything: from insect to man, from man to spectre, from spectre to plant from plant to galaxy. My works are the irrigation veins of this universal fluid. Through them ascend the ancestral sap, the original beliefs, the primordial accumulations, the unconscious thoughts that animate the world