Makes Quotes

These days, rock 'n' roll is much more about rock than about roll. I don't do rock. But I'm interested in that roll part, because that's the funny little bit that makes it hip.

What makes the Universal Declaration an epochal document is first of all its global impetus and secondly the breadth of its claims, a commitment to a new social contract, binding on all the Governments of the world.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

You just feel comfortable with him, and he certainly makes sure that you're comfortable. He makes sure that you feel good and that you're happy with what you're doing.

In particular, this arm has 7 degrees-of-freedom that makes the overall motion of the arm very complex so that, before you start driving the arm, you should be very familiar with all the position it can get.

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism.

I'm so single. It's funny. I'm usually a relationship girl. I love being in love and having a partner in crime. But it's good to be your own partner in crime. God, that makes me sound like I have multiple-personality disorder.

I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human.

Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.

I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level.

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.

Discovering the 'impossible' ending to a new book makes me sick with joy and relief.

Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone.

The weakness of ourselves and of our reason makes us see flaws in beauties by making us consider everything piece by piece.

We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio. They've seen it on the Internet. They've seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.

There's a lot more to see when you're playing and because of the advances in technology it makes room for all kinds of new characters.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.

The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith.

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix.

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.