Thing Quotes

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.

A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show. I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

If you ask my wife, the biggest fault is my inability around the house. She says the only thing handy about me is that I'm close by. And, I have a terrible memory. I'm bad at saying no. I often double-book. There are a lot of things.

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.

But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a technique without marketing people ever telling me what the public wants.

It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why that's considered a normal thing.

If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'm really curious about that. I'm really curious about what people think they're doing when they're doing something evil, casually. I think it's really interesting, that we benefit from suffering so much, and we excuse ourselves from it.

It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could be was a college-educated Negro.

The thing that we are trying to do at facebook, is just help people connect and communicate more efficiently.

Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do.

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

One thing I do personally started 20 years ago. I started meditating, and I know twice a day I can kind of let everything drop. It's just about being quiet, like drawing back the day, and it allows me to have energy.

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.