Doe Quotes - Page 260

Winter does not work only on a broad scale; he is careful in trifles.

Reverb does that thing where you make one sound and it grows to 20 times its original size and fills everything up.

The woman sees, I suppose, and the man does not.

Certainly the heart has always something to tell about the future to those who listen to it. But what does the heart know? Scarce a little of what has already happened.

We are all human, and our senses are quicker to prompt us than our reason. Every man gives off a scent, and that scent tells you how to act before your head does.

30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops an does naught. 31. If power asks why, then power is weakness.

Reality deals in specifics under the guise of generalities. Literature does the contrary.

Pablo Casals is a great musician in all he does: a cellist without equal, and extraordinary conductor and composer with something to say. I have been profoundly impressed by all I have heard of his work, but he is a musician of this stature because he is also a great man.

Thinking about death... produces love for life. When we are familiar with death, we accept each week, each day, as a gift. Only if we are able thus to accept life bit by bit does it become precious.

To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone.

Common sense invents and constructs no less than its own field than science does in its domain. It is, however, in the nature of common sense not to be aware of this situation.

The reasoning is classic in its clarity. If God does not exist, Kirilov is god. If God does not exist, Kirilov must kill himself. Kirilov must therefore kill himself to become god. That logic is absurd, but it is what is needed.

A true masterpiece does not tell everything.

Perceived self-inefficacy predicts avoidance of academic activities whereas anxiety does not

We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness.

I'm a big fan of the Queen. She carries herself well, as does the Prince of Wales, despite getting lots of stick.

I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?

Does the human heart know chasms so abysmal?

All to often, however, what she [the woman] does want is the man she hopes she will make out of the man she already has.

We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence.

Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement.

Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.

My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence... Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions? Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.

I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop.

We know nothing like the divine holiness. It stands apart, unique, unapproachable, incomprehensibl e and unattainable... Holy is the way God is. To be holy He does not conform to a standard. He is that standard.