Thing Quotes

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

Well the thing is that the New York of 1846 to 1862 was very different from downtown New York now. Really nothing from that period still exists in New York.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.

You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

But anyone who's done a musical knows; whether you're dancing or not, physically it's the most difficult thing you can do.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

It's a mystery. That's the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, it's mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.

The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply.

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Everybody in America started to define themselves by all these things they had around them. And all of a sudden it came tumbling down. So the old American dream has died, and that is a good thing.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

All over the world, the idea of creating an melange of international musics, it's a very healthy thing.

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

Hate is a draining bottomless pit from whence nothing good or of any value can come. Try to eat a balanced diet. Guys only want one thing.

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of it saying I hadn't learned a thing I didn't know before about morals and what is right or wrong in human conduct.

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.

The funny thing is, the girls that I'm always up against for roles are pretty nice and cool, like Emma Watson. She's awesome.