Doe Quotes - Page 448

The reason why Donald Trump does have a very strong base of popularity is he's an authentic person and not necessarily a politician.

Novelty does not require intelligence, but ignorance, which is why the young excel in this branch.

He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have no use for them.

Said the master: "Where does your question come from?"

Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.

If we can sympathise only with the utterly blameless, then we can sympathise with no one, for all of us have contributed to our own misfortunes - it is a consequence of the human condition that we should. But it does nobody any favours to disguise from him the origins of his misfortunes, and pretend that they are all external to him in circumstances in which they are not.

When a patient does get an organ from another person, it comes from a different body. It has different properties, and a persons natural tendency is to reject that organ.

We should be encouraging people to earn a lot of money. I do not know one wealthy person who does not spend money - and most of them employ other people.

Only when we are over, does our real life begin.

Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.

The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living.

For writing a first draft requires from the writer a peculiar internal state which ordinary life does not induce. ... how to set yourself spinning?

Doing something does not require discipline. It creates its own discipline - with a little help from caffeine.

These two points are lies. UN Resolution 2758 does not say a word about the relationship between Taiwan and China, let alone say that the PRC represents Taiwan

He squeezed Steve's shoulder possessively. "Oh, Zero. He is not you, I must admit. He does not have your bravery, your nobility, your je ne sais quoi, and all he talks about is this magical place called 'Canada'.

Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age.

It does people good to have to do things they don't like in moderation.

Romanticizing the act of writing or any other art is not very helpful to the artist or the art. It's much better if one simply does.

Who has a right to tell me I have no gift, no talent, no passion ...' he murmured. 'Why do people say those things to you when youre young? Doesn't seem fair, does it?' 'No, darling, it's not fair,'she said. 'But the mystery is why you listen.

Who knows what the hell a government is or what the hell a government does.

Life does not seem to present itself to me for my convenience, to box itself up nicely so I can write about it with wisdom and a point to make before putting it on a shelf somewhere.

I have been very clear to everybody that just because I'm getting married does not mean I call myself a straight.

A drinker does not exist. Whatever they say, it is just the drink talking.

One doesn't love any of the things of Summer as much as one does the things of Spring.

You get angry - death does that.