Doe Quotes - Page 175

in television the product is not the program; the product is the audience and the consumer of that product is the advertiser. The advertiser does not 'buy' a news program. He buys an audience.

All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell.

There is great satisfaction in a well-made clean tool that does its work well.

The gift finds the man attractive who stands with an empty bowl he does not own.

He who completes a quest does not merely find something. He becomes something.

if the main reason we listen to music in the first place is to hear passion expressed- as i've believed all my life-then what good is this music going to prove to be? what does that say about us? what are we confirming in ourselves by doting on art that is emotionally neutral? and, simultaneously, what in ourselves might we be destroying or at least keeping down?

I hate and detest Sicily in so far as I love it, and in so far as it does not respond to the kind of love I would like to have for it.

Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.

When a scientist says something, his colleagues must ask themselves only whether it is true. When a politician says something, his colleagues must first of all ask, 'Why does he say it?

The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?

If we are in a supermarket when someone drops a bag of groceries on the floor and we don't help that person pick things up, what difference does it make how deeply we know we're a being of God?.

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.

Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo.

The romance of the old West vanished so fast and so few ever did anything with it. Does it make you realize the importance of Art and how the main knowledge of history is through Art alone?

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

He (the Sage) does not show off, therefore he shines.

The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.

Love does not seek equals; it creates them.

Any society that does not succeed in tapping into the energy and creativity of its youth will be left behind.

I've seen 'karma' slap people in the face. You have to be good to people. It really does come around.

Why does everyone keep asking me that?" Seriously, did I look like some sort of pyscho assassin? Maybe it was the pink sneakers. Or the heart earrings?

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.

All of life is more or less what the French would call s'imposer, to be able to create one's own terms for what one does.

If you look at body fat, it seems to increase with age, even though your weight does not. That's a physiological fact of aging, they say. Heck it is. It is an adaptive effect of aging.

[Donald Trump] does have a thick skin, frankly, as someone who works very closely within, that was in that room today, directly beside him. I will say this though. That's not what the meeting was about.