“Through readiness and discipline, we are the masters of our fate.” DestinyFateMastersDisciplineReadiness Author:Bill Paxton
“We should not value education as a means to prosperity, but prosperity as a means to education. Only then will our priorities be right. For education, unlike prosperity is an end in itself. .. power and influence come through the acquisition of useless knowledge. . . irrelevant subjects bring understanding of the human condition, by forcing the student to stand back from it.” ShouldHumansMeanEndsValuesUnderstandingEducationInfluenceConditionsSubjectsStudentsProsperityPrioritiesUselessHuman ConditionIrrelevantAcquisitionValue Of EducationUseless Knowledge Author:Roger Scruton
“Guys think that if a girl is pretty, she's automatically going to say no. Most of the guy's I've gone out with, I've had to make it completely obvious that I'd like them to ask me out. Or, I've had to ask them.” IfsThinkingGuyGirlAsksGoneObviousAsk Me Author:Brooke Shields
“We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.” MadeDiseasePhysicians Author:Benjamin Rush
“God gave a law ... called justice. But they have made a law for themselves that is terrible and intricate, and they cannot escape it, for the evil will and the good will are caught alike in its meshes, and it is darkness to the eyes that see and a stumbling block to the feet that run. This law is called necessity.” MadeEyeRunningLawEvilJusticeDarknessFeetTerribleCaughtBlockGood WillIntricateStumblingMeshStumbling BlocksEyes That See Author:Jessie Sampter
“Where there is dirt there is system. Dirt is the byproduct of a systematic ordering and classification of matter.” MatterMaterialsDirtSystematicClassification Author:Mary Douglas
“I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.” SometimesVulnerableDesperateTerrifiedTroublesome Author:Faye Dunaway
“I like being very busy. I think that's the definition of stardom, really. It's energy. It really is.” ThinkingActorsEnergyFameBusyDefinitionsStardom Author:Faye Dunaway
“I've always wanted two lives - one for the movies, one for myself.” LifeTwoWantedActorsMovieTwo Lives Author:Greta Garbo
“it's difficult in Hollywood to be allowed to try anything. It's all a terrible compromise. There is no time for art. All that matters is what they call box office.” TryingArtMatterDifficultTerribleOfficeHollywoodBoxesCompromiseMovieBox Office Author:Greta Garbo