Quotes about simple
simple men style
Whose are the truly labored sentences? From the weak and flimsy periods of the politician and literary man, we are glad to turn even to the description of work, the simple record of the month's labor in the farmer's almanac, to restore our tone and spirits. Henry David Thoreau
simple men land
I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me.
simple simplicity plot
I love a life whose plot is simple.
simple realizing simple-living
Oh to reach the point of death and realize one has not lived at all.
simple simplicity use
To what end do I lead a simple life at all, pray? That I may teach others to simplify their lives? - and so all our lives be simplified merely, like an algebraic formula? Or not, rather, that I may make use of the ground I have cleared to live more worthily and profitably?
simple years supposing-that
A simple woman down in Tyngsborough, at whose house I once stopped to get a draught of water, when I said, recognizing the bucket, that I had stopped there nine years before for the same purpose, asked if I was not a traveler, supposing that I had been traveling ever since, and had now come round again.
simple imagination simplicity
Some simple dishes recommend themselves to our imaginations as well as palates.
simple play piano
I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose music, and at the most advanced level. I had never studied such things as harmony. Gyorgy Ligeti
simple thinking answers
To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong... H. L. Mencken
simple ideas earth
Kant was probably the worst writer ever heard of on earth before Karl Marx. Some of his ideas were really quite simple, but he always managed to make them seem unintelligible. I hope he is in Hell.
simple expression soul
It is believed that physiognomy is only a simple development of the features already marked out by nature. It is my opinion, however, that in addition to this development, the features come insensibly to be formed and assume their shape from the frequent and habitual expression of certain affections of the soul. These affections are marked on the countenance; nothing is more certain than this; and when they turn into habits, they must leave on it durable impressions. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
simple vanity ego
Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
simple secret half
I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half. Jilly Cooper
simple this-life hanging-out
I'm going to do as much as I can with this life, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and ride my bike and hang out with friends. Jill Scott
simple survival secret
Adaptability is the simple secret of survival. Jessica Hagedorn
simple scene ends
It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it. Jessica Lange
simple rights nonsense
Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense—nonsense upon stilts. Jeremy Bentham
simple vegetables chinese
Please understand the reason why Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple. The Chinese do not cook them, they just threaten them! Jeff Smith
simple problem ifs
If you own the problem, you own the customer. If you lose the problem, you lose the customer. It's that simple. Jeffrey Gitomer
simple yeast reason
Jellyfish serve as a model for bioengineers for the same reason yeast were once so valuable to geneticists: they're simple to deconstruct. Jeffrey Kluger
simple vaccines parent
Vaccines save lives; fear endangers them. It's a simple message parents need to keep hearing.
simple facts murder
The truth, of course, is that the only necessary and sufficient condition for human beings to murder one another is the simple fact of being human.
simple people albums
It was so simple in the old days. You put out an album, people promoted it, it got in the charts, and you had a hit. Jeff Lynne
simple vegetables eating-well
I keep my diet simple by sticking to mostly fruits and vegetables all day and then having whatever I want for dinner. I end up making healthy choices, like sushi or grilled fish, because I feel so good from eating well. Jennifer Morrison
simple cash parliament
Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash out, to a more commercial system that took notice of the public property the departments were using. This system is known as resource accounting. James Buchan
simple long-ago way
It was long ago in my life as a simple reporter that I decided that facts must never get in the way of truth. James Cameron
simple giving nine
I had been educated with free scholarships. I went to nine different universities, always at public expense, and when you have that experience, you are almost obligated to give it back. It's as simple as that. James A. Michener
simple firsts censorship
It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music. Jack Valenti
simple ideas simplicity
Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls. Gaston Bachelard
simple impact gestures
It's still so rare for anyone to be personally acknowledged by a brand that the impact of such a simple, polite gesture on a customer's buying habits could be huge. Gary Vaynerchuk
simple decision personality
Soul is that part of you that longs for harmony and cooperation and sharing and reverence for life. When you make decisions that align you with those values, you align your personality with your soul. It's that simple to understand. Now to do it, in my experience, is hard. Gary Zukav
simple layers facts
There are numerous layers to truth, and the simple and superficial statement of facts cannot satisfy the writer. Gao Xingjian
simple government law
Law is justice. In this proposition a simple and enduring government can be conceived. And I defy anyone to say how even the thought of revolution, of insurrection, of the slightest uprising could arise against a government whose organized force was confined only to suppressing injustice. Frederic Bastiat