Doe Quotes - Page 199

The philosophical anthropologist ... can know the wholeness of the person and through it the wholeness of man only when he does not leave his subjectivity out and does not remain an untouched observer.

June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.

I like working in any medium. Who's making it? How much do I like the story? Does it contribute something?

Speaking of opinions, the charming woman does not air hers very freely. The crude woman is eager to let you know what she thinks of every matter, person or object that bobs up. She comments on every passing item - even in public, as you may have noticed. Not only is it bad taste for her to be so desperately interested in her own reactions and opinions - but she throws away the precious aura of reserve and mystery that makes a woman attractive.

No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.

When pain is unbearable it destroys us; when it does not it is bearable.

The heart does not lie.

I love what the Valley does. I love company building. I love startups. I love technology companies. I love new technology. I love this process of invention. Being able to participate in that as a founder and a product creator, or as an investor or a board member, I just find that hugely satisfying.

Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

Asexuality does not make our lives any worse or any better, we just face a different set of challenges than most sexual people.

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification.

I am a professional actor and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do. They may inadvertently do it, but it's because of the script, not the acting.

Only against death does man cry out in vain.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

Hinduism does not rest on the authority of one book or one prophet, nor does it posses a common creed like the Kalma.

It is a singular characteristic of love that we cannot hide it where it exists, or pretend it where it does not exist.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he or she stole, and from whom? With the artist it is not how much he or she took from whom, but what the artist did with it.

I usually make to-do lists with timelines, and pen and paper does the trick for me.

Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle.

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.

Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not for literature. It grants us what nature does not: a golden time that doesn't rust, a springtime that never wilts, cloudless happiness and eternal youth. [my translation]

There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.

One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

When I say, 'I can't stay long, I'm in-between meals,' that plays differently on the radio than it does in person. So I have to pick material that works because the words are funny, not just because of the images.