Doe Quotes - Page 273

Constancy does not begin, but is that which perseveres.

Sometimes he does the brilliant things really well.

In other words, more violent tornadoes would, if anything, be a sign of 'global cooling', not 'global warming'.

Winner take all does not exist in the Constitution. It's a restriction imposed on the electors by the states.

Much has been said about the meanings we make of illness, but what about the meanings we make out of cure? Cure is complex, disorienting, a revisioning of the self, either subtle or stark. Cure is the new, strange planet, pressing in. The doctor could not have known. And that made me, as it does every patient, only more alone.

Everyone knows that a lot of memoirs have made-up scenes; it's obvious. And everyone knows that half the time at least fictions contain literal autobiographical truths. So how do we decide what's what, and does it even matter?

How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?

A good calculator does not need artificial aids.

Do nothing, and leave nothing undone. ["Doing nothing" is what happens when the doer disappears, it isn't something that one does or chooses not to do.]

Great accomplishment seems imperfect, Yet it does not outlive its usefulness. Great fullness seems empty, Yet it cannot be exhausted.

Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.

Helmut Lang does a lot of very military-influenced things. You have to find the designer that suits your body the best, and he works for me.

No matter how many stones you throw at the water's surface, no matter how much you step on a shadow, the water's surface does not disappear, the shadow does not disappear.

The man who says "I may be wrong, but--" does not believe there can be any such possibility.

Because if something does go wrong, you'll need what you're feeling to matter, to someone somewhere, anyway.

Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't.

He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.

Chris Rock does the political thing really well, but that never worked for me.

Being born into poverty does not mean you are condemned to spend the rest of your life in poverty.

The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denial—the truth only dies when true stories are untold.

The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so.

we found that success correlates more closely with confidence than it does with competence. Yes, there is evidence that confidence is more important than ability when it comes to getting ahead. This came as particularly unsettling news to us, having spent our own lives striving toward competence.

Death cancels our engagements, but it does not affect the consequences of our acts in life.

The highest compliment I could ever receive about my kids - and I can say that this does happen frequently - is when the in-flight crew say to me, 'Your children are wonderful. They are so well-behaved.' Every time I am told that, I could weep.

A lot of my life involves sitting and having make-up put on; whether it's on a movie set or for a photo shoot. When you're wearing that kind of make-up all the time your skin does get all this sensitivity, so it's important that you make sure you have make-up that is easy on your skin and not too harsh for it.