Doe Quotes - Page 230

He who is faultless does not care for the opinion of others.

The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth.

Idealistic producing is safe. Sensibly projected in the theater, the fine thing always does pay and always will.

The government in Russia does not tell me what to do with my assets.

That a viewer does not see what the artist intended does not make the composition a failure... In reality all artists speak first to themselves and then to an audience.

A painting with a message does not happen by accident. It happens when you place elements in their order of importance.

As someone who grew up in a house where there wasn't a lot of talking, I'm used to just looking at the world. And in general I often feel like I just don't understand what's happening. That everybody else does, but I don't quite get it.

Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.

It's [F1] your life. You're focused on just one thing and there's no room for anything else. Friends don't necessarily understand, because the way you think about life develops completely differently to how it does for normal people.

Happiness is not something that happens ... It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them.

Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology.

Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.

After he has had his tantrum, the neurotic expects those around him to feel friendly and relaxed; after all, he does.

I don't know if rock is dying. I wouldn't want to say that, but the world does change. Nothing stays the same.

Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true.

It does not seem possible to think of oneself as normal without thinking that some other kind of person is pathological.

We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fundamentally about saving, not destroying, human life. Therefore, I support stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo.

Actors basically do their thing on the set, and then you put all the pieces together, switch them around, and maybe put them a different way that looks better. We just give him everything he needs, and then he goes in and does his thing.

Now DVD can represent more income than the box office - and typically does.

I've had to learn that not everybody does things my way. But I do expect the absolute best of everyone around me, and I'm disappointed when people don't expect that of themselves.

What gets measured (and clearly defined) does get done.

I accept that appearance is a big thing in this business. But being around Hollywood and having actor friends and doing music videos, it does make you more aware of how you look. With music videos they send you rough cuts, and in certain frames of me, I just see a nose advert.

I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom's annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have.

Legacy is what a president does that affects later generations.

Like tornadoes and cold sores, good work happens with total disregard to whether I'm 'into it.'