Way Quotes - Page 477

The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning.

One loves one's country the way one loves a family member. And sometimes that family member does really embarrassing, shitty things. But you still love them.

I was a bicycle messenger when Alkaline Trio was formed as a way to make ends meet and I've just always been a cyclist and then I got really into - through messengering - I got really into road bikes and fixed gears.

But we all had an agreement to let each other get away with everything! That's Capitalism!

The only way I can describe it-at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows like five times? Everything is full; it's just full all the time.

Imagination awakens ambition, then causes it to lose its way.

The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way.

Having traveled initially to get away, ultimately we travel to come home.

But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!

The way that I rationalize making photographs is because you're countering what's offensively mass-produced with something that you just want more people to see.

Leaders teach. They motivate. They care. Leaders make sure that the way to success is always broad enough and straight enough for others to follow.

Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.

Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself.

We all have to hold each other accountable and point that behavior out to each other in a kind way. I guess what I'm saying is just having women behind the scenes isn't enough, we also have to be aware of what we're saying about ourselves.

I like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of habit in terms of the way I live.

There is no room for being creative in today’s business... Except for finding creative ways to be inefficient.

I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.

We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream.

How useful are documentary photographs if there is no follow up, no way of knowing what happened next in the story?

Nonviolent Communication is a way of keeping our consciousness tuned in moment by moment to that beauty within ourselves and others, and not saying anything that we think might in any way tarnish people's consciousness of their own beauty.

I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.

There are those who imagine that the unlucky accidents of life—life's "experiences"—are in some way useful to us. I wish I could find out how. I never know one of them to happen twice. They always change off and swap around and catch you on your inexperienced side.

What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.

Optimism and happiness are not the same thing, but they are becoming interchangeable, and it seemed to me that Voltaire's Candide gave me a way into something important happening in modern-day culture.

I think failing is the best way to keep you grounded, curious, and humble. Success is dangerous because often you don't understand why you succeeded. You almost always know why you've failed. You have a lot of time to think about it.