Does Quotes

It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to that.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people. I'm embarrassed about it, I think its wrong. I think it does give terrorists an unwarranted excuse to use the despicable means to hurt innocent people.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?

I don't think that strategically it is smart to begin cutting your options when the other side does not move at all.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.

Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost?

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says.

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.

The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.

Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

I don't think that sleeping with one of the owners gives you the advantages people think it does.

I love what the Valley does. I love company building. I love startups. I love technology companies. I love new technology. I love this process of invention. Being able to participate in that as a founder and a product creator, or as an investor or a board member, I just find that hugely satisfying.

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.

And malt does more than Milton can To justify the ways of God to man.

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.

One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.