Them Quotes

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

Don't rely on men but don't shun them either.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

I go from stool to stool in singles bars hoping to get lucky, but there's never any gum under any of them.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.

The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them.

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.

What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.

When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.