Things One Quotes

132 quotes by 121 authors

There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a… — Jan Karon
I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune… — Amanda Burton
I've directed a fair amount of television series - so I'm always trying to learn new things. One episode was all hand-held and I'm trying… — Bob Balaban
Jainism has two ways of looking at things: one called Dravyarthekaraya and the other Paryayartheka Noya. According to the Dravyarthekaraya view the universe is without… — Virchand Gandhi
There are things one must do for oneself. — Robert Mugabe
Remember how the Lord rebukes Martha when He says: 'You are anxious and troubled about many things: one thing alone is needful' (Lk. 10:41-42) ?… — Evagrius Ponticus
Anybody who perceives colors can become a painter. It's simply a question of whether or not one has felt anything and whether one has the… — Edvard Munch
The freedom of women was achieved by two things: One, the Pill. Two... by labour-saving devices like the washing machine. By science, not feminism. — Doris Lessing
One works because I suppose it is the most interesting thing one knows to do. The days one works are the best days. On the… — Georgia O'Keeffe
It's all the unwordable things one wants to write about, just as it's all the unformable things one wants to paint - essence. — Emily Carr
You can count on time for two things. One is that it will pass. The other is that it will never shut up. — Bill Richardson
You're missing it. This is not a one-man show. What's reinvigorating this company is two things: One, there's a lot of really talented people in… — Steve Jobs
There are many things one thinks about in a painting. Often, it's how to handle your chosen medium and how to best reveal the light… — Janice Tanton
Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The commerce of minds was necessarily the first commerce in the world, ... since before bartering things one must barter signs, and it is necessary… — Paul Valery
Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. — Albert Einstein
I always like to pretend two things: one, I'm sitting in the seat beside you watching the game together. I'll say, 'Wasn't that a great… — Chick Hearn
The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its… — Henry James
One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught. — Bryant H. McGill

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