Some Quotes

You frighten a lot of scientists. If they say that climate is not changing, they lose their research grants. And some people cannot afford that; they become silent, or a few of us speak up, because we think that it's for the honesty of science, that we have to do it.

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

We all get stuck. We all lose ourselves a little bit in a fantasy or in our jobs and forget how we feel about other things. It's really important to check yourself, to spend some time alone.

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

Some people still see me as a kid, but I'm a 23-year-old woman now.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

Some people might go to the gym and swim laps, but I write songs. Every single day, I write something new and record it.

Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor.

At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects.

When I was a teenager, if anyone recognized me for anything I did, it would ruin my day. I couldn't handle it. It was some sort of neurotic phobia. I guess I was paranoid that people would treat me differently, or in an unfair way, because of my job.

Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.

I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have.

I am the reassurance that they have not changed. In an upside down world, with all the rules being rewritten as the game goes on and spectators invading the pitch, it is good to feel that some things and some people seem to stay just as they were.

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.

I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing is connected in some way.

Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.

Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.

I took some time out for life.

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

I'm of the school of thought where, if you can't sort something out for yourself, no one can help you. Rehab is great for some people but not others.

The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius.

I was hired as a sous-chef at a restaurant on the Upper East Side. The chef liked to drink - some mornings we would find him sleeping. Two weeks after its opening, I became the chef. I was 20 years old, and way over my head. I had to hire the cooks and do the menus.

I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body.

Some people may get in to the building without the proper passes and things, but I think that's the price you pay for being an open place for people to come.

I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching.

Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.