Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. Votes: 2
Ogden NashIf you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Votes: 2
Maya AngelouYou have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. Votes: 2
Winston ChurchillA hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Votes: 2
Joseph CampbellWise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Votes: 2
PlatoI'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Votes: 2
Robert H. SchullerBeing cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do. Votes: 2
Vanessa HudgensI can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. Votes: 2 Michael Jordan
Most people, after accomplishing something, use it over and over again like a gramophone record till it cracks, forgetting that the past is just the stuff with which to make more future. Votes: 3 Freya Stark
I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good. Votes: 3 Julius Erving
In the beginning of rock n' roll, there was always innovation. Artists were always trying to do something new and something different. Votes: 1 Phil Everly
I was so afraid of upsetting people, and not being liked for saying something that was not to everyone's taste. Votes: 1 Geri Halliwell
The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies. Votes: 1 Walter Annenberg
Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. Votes: 2 Gertrude Stein
Divinity is an emotion of being lifted out of yourself and being part of something much bigger than yourself that makes you go, 'Oh my God.' And that sense of awe? It's the second rule of science. Votes: 5 Howard Bloom
I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering about who you are. I'm never quite sure and I'd hate to feel sort of content and get a good sense of who I am because if I know one thing, that's not me. I don't mind not necessarily being happy about it. And that's fine. Votes: 1 Nate Ruess
without being sure of something, we can not begin to think about everything elses Votes: 3 Kathryn Schulz
The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is. Votes: 4 Terry Goodkind
If you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything. I believe everything happens for a reason. If you are strong from within, you can will anything. I'm a firm believer that where there's a will, there's a way. Votes: 1 Eric Davis
I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money. Votes: 4 Wayne Huizenga
I like creating something from nothing and hearing it on the radio or on stage or from somebody driving down the street singing it. It's like building a house, taking a vacant piece of land, and next thing you know, there's a house with somebody living in it. Votes: 1 Harvey Mason, Jr.
For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind. Votes: 1 Umberto Guidoni
Many people don't focus enough on execution. If you make a commitment to get something done, you need to follow through on that commitment. Votes: 2 Kenneth Chenault
Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that. Votes: 4 Jasper Johns
N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New. Votes: 4 Nas
Saba used to say there was a difference between bravery and courage. Bravery was doing something dangerous without thinking. Courage was walking into danger, knowing full well the risks. Votes: 3 Gayle Forman
Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. Votes: 1 Wendy Wasserstein
Being creative means first of all doing something unusual... On the other hand, however unusual it may be, the idea also has to be reasonable for people to take it seriously. Votes: 3 Howard Gardner
If you can find a way to make a living doing something you enjoy, or a range of things that you enjoy, then it can scarcely be called work. Votes: 4 Tom Hodgkinson
So many people think being single is the end of something, but it's really a beginning - a good beginning. Votes: 2 Lauren London
You take a vacation to a place like Thailand and you're ready for the excitement of something new and foreign. But when you're working 14-hour days, all you want is something familiar to ground you. And there's just nothing there. Votes: 3 Ed Helms
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new. Votes: 4 William Styron
Inspiration is finding something that excites you. Votes: 4 Connie Smith
You get over your first love by falling in love with something new. Votes: 2 Mo Ibrahim
Sometimes I wouldn't give an interview because I didn't have the time or something else was more important. So they come up with a story which I don't think is always true, but they have to sell papers. Votes: 1 Martina Hingis
I'm not against speaking publicly and having passion for something. One of the cardinal beauties of America is that we have the freedom to do so. Votes: 4 Raul Ruiz
Of course you have to create the conditions of a certain belief. And maybe ignoring something that you don't want to see, at least for the time of the shooting. Votes: 3 Isabelle Huppert
Everything I do, I want to take it to the farthest possible degree. I can't just do something the plain way. I don't cook a bowl of pasta; it has to be puff pastry swans. Votes: 4 Geena Davis
Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long. Votes: 4 Walker Evans
I was born with this. It's a hereditary genetic condition. This is something you can go your whole life without really knowing that something's wrong. I had high blood pressure, and that was the first sign. Votes: 1 Steven Cojocaru
How can you interview somebody about something fairly technical if you start on the wrong foot by not even knowing his name? Votes: 1 Trevor McDonald
I like to feel that something's alive in acting, like something's really going on. Votes: 4 Jason Dohring
I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful. Votes: 4 Brendan Coyle
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. Votes: 6 Ralph Waldo Emerson
In believing too much in rationality, our contemporaries have lost something. Votes: 7 Krzysztof Kieslowski
My thing is, I like to do things as long as they're relatively fluid or easy. Not to say that there isn't any effort involved in making something happen, but I don't like to push things or force things too much. Votes: 3 Reggie Watts
I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul. Votes: 3 Dario Argento
Eccentric doesn't bother me. 'Eccentric' being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn't follow the lines - that's okay. Votes: 4 Crispin Glover
Every time I exercise, I do something different based on which areas need to get in motion. Votes: 2 Sharon Stone
Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about. Votes: 2 Winston Churchill
You know, I'm really not interested in someone telling me that something's good or bad. Votes: 1 John Malkovich
I have discovered that you can go from nowhere to somewhere, from nothing to something, from a nobody to a somebody, from an empty person to a fulfilled one, if you have faith in God. Votes: 3 Robert H. Schuller
There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better. Votes: 6 Laura Wilkinson
I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him. Votes: 4 James Caan
Life is what happens to us while we're planning something else. Votes: 3 Richard Paul Evans
If I'm preparing for something and I've got a huge day the next day, I have to get into character the night before to assess the scene. I can't assess a scene unless I'm in character, if that makes sense. Votes: 3 Samantha Morton
I learned to focus on what's real rather than imagined; on not letting feelings drive the bus; on being courageous and honest; on putting my total effort into something and not worrying about the result. Votes: 1 Rob Lowe
Having people remember something that you did 25 years ago doesn't suck. Votes: 4 John Cusack
People want to say something negative before they say something good. Votes: 4 Estelle
You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself. Votes: 3 Dennis Potter
Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance. Votes: 6 Mother Teresa
You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future. Votes: 4 Jodi Picoult
It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired. Votes: 4 George Gershwin
It is easier to motivate people to do something difficult than something easy. Votes: 4 Sheri L. Dew
There's always something exciting about small change. Votes: 5 Jim Rash
Quid quo pro - you cant get something from nothing . Votes: 4 Carlous Ruiz Zafon
Mix a conviction with a man and something happens. Votes: 5 Powell Clayton
Before I speak, I have something important to say. Votes: 4 Groucho Marx
If something's important to you, you make time for it. Votes: 2 Mia Maestro
I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father. Votes: 3 Nat King Cole
To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. Votes: 4 Elliott Erwitt
This is the difference between depression and sorrow - sorrowful, you are in great trouble because something matters so much; depressed, you are miserable because nothing really matters. Votes: 3 J. E. Buckrose
Without turning prison life into something more meaningful, prisoners are more likely to reoffend. Votes: 4 Susan Hill
All things must change to something new, to something strange. Votes: 5 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. Votes: 4 Robert Half
If you see something suspicious, don't just walk by. Notify authorities. Get help. You could save innocent lives. Votes: 3 Marsha Blackburn
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. Votes: 5 Dag Hammarskjold
I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever. Votes: 3 Tyne Daly
If I'm the weak link or whatever, I guess that means I've got something to prove. I've always had something to prove. Votes: 4 Reggie Lewis
No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected. Votes: 4 Julius Caesar
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect. Votes: 3 Oscar Wilde
Do something wonderful, people may imitate it. Votes: 3 Albert Schweitzer
A high school student shouldn't smoke cigarettes. You can't comfort someone with money either. And fooling around with someone's feelings...Trying out someone when you're not even interested. That's something you deserve to get hit for. Votes: 3 Cheon Eunbi
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for. Votes: 4 Ray Bradbury
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble. Votes: 2 John Madden
Kate Moss is small and not necessarily model dimensions but she has that special something. Votes: 3 Nigel Barker
Music is something I do full-time in real life. I was doing music long before I was even thinking about acting. Votes: 1 Keith Stanfield
Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down. Votes: 4 Julia Cameron
The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn't misled you into thinking you know something you actually don't know. Votes: 3 Robert M. Pirsig
I'm always really excited to try something new in my profession that I haven't done yet. Votes: 5 Lea Thompson
I love to write. But it has never gotten any easier to do and you can't expect it to if you keep trying for something better than you can do. Votes: 3 Ernest Hemingway
It's not about failure; it's about trying something and risking something for attaining your goal. Votes: 4 Carol Alt
The more educated you get, the better shot you have to get it right, but if you're really trying something different, it's a challenge every time. Votes: 3 David Copperfield
You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental. Votes: 4 Richard Branson
I feel like this whole idea of wanting something that you don't really have is also very American in a way. Votes: 4 Freida Pinto
You should do what you want, but I think you should also consider wanting something different. Votes: 3 Amy Dickinson
Certainly, those of us in the entertainment industry, we are part of creating fear in people - 'fear' for me stands for 'false evidence appearing real.' We create fantasy, and in certain ways that's wonderful because it allows people to escape. But it can suck people into wanting to achieve something that isn't real. Votes: 1 Hill Harper
After 'Secretary,' I was wanting very badly to find something to make that I really cared about. Votes: 1 Steven Shainberg
I've definitely been in relationships with friends where I wanted to do something different than I know a friend has. It's that complicated balance between wanting to do what you know is right for you and not wanting to hurt someone's feelings. Votes: 1 Mickey Sumner