Very Quotes

You become very known for being someone's girlfriend, and all of a sudden there's all this hype and buzz for all the wrong reasons.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.

And if I were the president, I'd go out there and I'd emphasize the things I have done, and I'd say, 'Some things haven't worked, and I'm sorry about that, but I keep trying.' And I'm - and I think the president is a very viable candidate, and you're going to have a real horse race here no matter who the Republican nominee is.

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life.

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.

Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.

Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

I'm always very nervous about the word 'dancer' next to my name because anyone who's really trained in dance will go, 'This guy's fudging so badly.'

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.

If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.

We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They want to live meaningful lives.

I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West.

Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.

I have the best husband in the world. He's very involved.

I think I'm very hardheaded.

Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.

Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.

Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.