If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
#quotes #abdallah-ii-of-jordan #democracy

Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
#quotes #erich-fromm #world #creation

From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that is fantastic for me. ~Stephen Chow
#quotes #stephen-chow #movies

You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach
#quotes #richard-bach #hardship

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #promise

I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
#quotes #kevin-connolly #life #family

Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #cheating

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #adversity

I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
#quotes #matt-damon #movies

Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #trust

Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees. ~John Mackey
#quotes #john-mackey #business #competition

If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
#quotes #nguyen-cao-ky #peace #united-states

Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #honesty

You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
#quotes #paul-ryan #barack-obama #politics

A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #luck

Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
#quotes #ken-follett #james-bond #eating

About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
#quotes #hippocrates #medicine

God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #trust

Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #life #time #age

I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
#quotes #brad-paisley #writing #music

In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
#quotes #jason-mewes #drugs #movies

I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
#quotes #garth-ennis #stories

The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. ~Ayn Rand
#quotes #ayn-rand #mistakes #individual

A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
#proverbs #hebrew-proverbs #life