Simple Quotes

A simple idea. And the man that worked on it, Mike Gabriel, doubled the value. Beautiful job. I should say triple. We have others like that, but, unfortunately, shorts, which are my favorite approach, are economically of no value.

Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up.

I live a pretty simple life.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.

The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude. No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple.

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

The Holy Bible is an abyss. It is impossible to explain how profound it is, impossible to explain how simple it is.

At Wal-Mart, if you couldn't explain an idea or a concept in simple terms on one page of paper Sam Walton considered the new idea too complicated to implement.

We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette.

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender.

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

Dictatorships do cut down on rape, and pillage, not to mention sexual harassment, by the simple expedient of sending people to labour camps for life or cutting off their hands without a trial.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

I'm a simple, simple man.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

Why do the President and Vice-President constantly change the subject when asked to explain why things are going so badly in Iraq? The answer is simple. They have been consistently wrong about Iraq, and the results speak for themselves.

The Postfix security model is based on keeping software simple and stupid.

Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you don't need anything fancy to make food delicious: just a knife, a cutting board, and some good nonstick cookware, and you're set.

Remember, I am not trying to orbit the earth. It is a simple elevator ride for 20 minutes.

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy.

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment.

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to be thinking, that are not smart in themselves. But when you have a network of them together, out of that arises a kind of smartness.

A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. It's that simple!

Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song.