Random Quotes

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.

Marcel Proust French Author

Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.

Charles de Secondat French Philosopher

Basically, what happened was, I had moved out to Los Angeles, I was pretty damn lazy and I put on some pounds.

Jason Biggs American Actor

You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself.

Joan Sutherland Australian Musician

We have played so well that the guys have really made my job fairly easy.

Ricky Ponting Australian Athlete

Even now I can't trust life. It did too many awful things to me as a kid.

Clara Bow American Actress

A city becomes a world when one loves one of it's inhabitants.

Lawrence Durrell British Writer

Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated.

Kim Y. Sam

These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything.

Jack Vance American Author

I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.

Martin Short American Actor

My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.

John James Audubon American Scientist

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

Bob Edwards American Journalist

I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.

A. J. Foyt American Celebrity

Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.

Carlisle Floyd American Composer

Let the machine take care of the machines, and I'll go spend more time with my family, or golf.

Mark Goddard American Actor

They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn't their first choice!

Dinah Sheridan English Actress

Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.

Don DeLillo American Novelist

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.

Jean-Paul Marat

I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.

Mickey Rourke American Actor

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

Mark Twain American Author