Doe Quotes - Page 281

Jason said, "Yes. Gerard T. Giraffe." What does the 'T' stand for?" 'The.

There's another way to phrase that and that is that the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. It is basically saying the same thing in a different way. Simply because you do not have evidence that something does exist does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn't exist.

Telling takes away the need to write. It relieves the pressure. And once that tension dissipates, so does the need to relieve it. First write it, then we’ll talk about it.

The Spaniards have a saying that there is no man whom Fortune does not visit at least once in his life.

I don't follow what everybody else does.

Let me point out, if it has escaped your notice, that what an artist does, is fail.

Traditionally, digital projects, when you project them, they get really washed out. It's complicated stuff with gamma, but basically your blacks get very milky and the colors get very weak, and we made so many different versions of it to just pump more color into it, so it would look just as good in the theater as it does on your screen at home. And color was my constant whine. It needed to be very oversaturated.

Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.

Thales said there was no difference between life and death. Why, then, said some one to him, do not you die? Because, said he, it does make no difference.

That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him.

A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.

Getting that first knockout against Joe Riggs [in 2006] meant a lot to me then and still does today.

All knowledge is sterile which does not lead to action and end in charity.

Does the unborn human fetus have at any point the right to live?

The world does not have tidy endings. The world does not have neat connections. It is not filled with epiphanies that work perfectly at the moment that you need them.

As you meditate, over time your consciousness becomes awake within itself. The silent witness within saturates and illuminates the mind so that it does not look to the past or the future for fulfillment. It experiences peace and freedom within itself in every moment.

In dialogue, there is opposition, yes, but no head-on collision. Smashing heads does not open minds.

A lot of people don't feel like doing very much. Or one project is really all they can do at one time. I can have five or six things going at the same time. It doesn't bother me or tire me, but sometimes it does rattle me.

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

Better Than You island doesn't exist. And if it does it's full of idiots, looking over their shoulder for the next idiot to arrive.

The artist does not have to suffer to show suffering.

Public service announcement: In case of a terrorist attack, bottled water and duct tape are not going to do a damn thing. So do what Homeland Security Dir. Tom Ridge does: Get really drunk, and pick up a hooker.

It's all very confusing. I think I'm very honest and candid, but I'm also proud of how honest and candid I am -- so where does that put me?

Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden.

Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.