Rare Quotes

To eat steak rare... represents both a nature and a morality.

Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events.

It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

One of the things that I've learned working with Madonna is you just move forward. It's really rare that she ever brings up the past.

The amateur is very rare in French literature - as rare as he is common in our own.

So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an awkward lovemaking scene, but I think it's very rare that you see it private.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but telex was very rare in Africa. So if somebody was flying to Europe, we gave him correspondence to send after he arrived.

Michael was a rare breed. There's no question about that. He did things that a lot of players could never do, and still to this day players can't do those things, so the honors that he's had are definitely deserved.

And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

Kids are always open to anything. It's very rare that a kid isn't extremely eager to make you happy.

Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space.

That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two.

I think that testosterone is a rare poison.

At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary.

I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny, because when we found out we were pregnant, I said, 'Okay, let's experience that.' You just have to just go with it because it's rare.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Mostly, I have to say as an actor, to find a character that's been rich enough for 10 seasons of shows... that's very rare.

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

United Artists wanted to do records with me. I had no idea, what a rare thing that was... to make an album. And they put a guy with me working on songs, and I got busy with films. I just kind of let it slide. Isn't that amazing?

The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast.

My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance.

It's very rare that I get stopped or get asked for an autograph or anything - none of which I mind - but people don't really care that much.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.