Best Quotes Around the World

Once someone has spent enough time cultivating bad habits and biding their time, they are much diminished. Much of what they could have been has dissipated.

There is not a separate God for each person. There is one universal intelligence flowing through all of us.

Over the years, all my coaches and my teammates have contributed a lot to shape my career. I can never forget their contribution and help.

A useless life is an early death.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

It’s empowering to know I am doing something, I am taking a stand, I am disrupting.

For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect.

I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw.

Whenever I’m confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

I live in Puerto Rico, my family lives in Puerto Rico, my friends. What happens in Puerto Rico matters to me.

As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there’s no use.

Every couple of years when your book comes out then you have to go into these fights with the publisher and the publicist and then maybe I bring sort of my knowledge of power into play.

I hate all politics. I don’t like either political party. One should not belong to them – one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.

I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.

One of my big regrets is that Facebook hasn’t had a major chance to shape the mobile operating system ecosystem.

America is a Nation with a mission – and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace – a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

‚O sleep, O gentle sleep,‘ I thought gratefully, ‚Nature’s soft nurse!‘

You can call me the bad boy chef all you want. I’m not going to freak out about it. I’m not that bad. I’m certainly not a boy, and it’s been a while since I’ve been a chef.

For I can raise no money by vile means.

We all need to start making some changes to how our families eat. Now, everyone loves a good Sunday dinner. Me included. And there’s nothing wrong with that. The problem is when we eat Sunday dinner Monday through Saturday.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

If medical doctors can be sued for malpractice, shouldn’t financial professionals practice under the same safeguard?

I get up every morning and say, ‚Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.‘

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That’s what I see. That’s the America I know!

Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.

It’s terrifying to play your favorite band’s song in front of your favorite band.

Music is this divine thing, the closest that we can get to something divine. It’s like this instinct we all own, and some of us have found a way to hear that music and write it down and share it with people.

In K-12, almost everybody goes to local schools. Universities are a bit different because kids actually do pick the university. The bizarre thing, though, is that the merit of university is actually how good the students going in are: the SAT scores of the kids going in.

God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him.

There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

I am not a dreamer. I am a football romantic.

All I wanted to do was write – at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn’t need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children.

I do think that Magna Carta and international law are worth paying some attention to.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.

I was reared in the church, in the Presbyterian Church.

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

All things considered, there’s nobody better for children than parents.

Thomas Jefferson once said, ‚We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.‘ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

The funny thing is people won’t let me pay for things. I’ll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, ‚Oh no, it’s on the house.‘

It’s not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It’s about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.

I’ve been called a recluse. There’s definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness – that there is something wrong.

I don’t know if I could do this with the same energy, and in the same way – all the costume changes and glitter and hair and makeup – all the time. When I’m in my 50s, I kind of think I’ll want to be in a garden.

This industry has been really good to me. It’s been a great life. I’m not through yet. I’m ready when you are, Mr. DeMille.

It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.

Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary.

I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films.

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose – I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

As a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me.

Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.