Quotes about simple
simple sometimes truth-is
Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals. Jean-Paul Sartre
simple mind facts
Illusions... are simple facts, but they have been created by the mind, by the spirit, and they are one of the justifications of the new spatial configuration. Georges Braque
simple thinking civilization
The greatest threat to civility - and ultimately civilization - is an excess of certitude. The world is much menaced just now by people who think that the world and their duties in it are clear and simple. They are certain that they know what - who - created the universe and what this creator wants them to do to make our little speck in the universe perfect, even if extreme measures - even violence - are required. George Will
simple improvement individual
Society flourishes when and only when its molecular unit, the family, flourishes. We know that lasting improvement comes only in the small increments produced by individuals adhering to the simple rules of life...
simple people made
Plans must be simple and flexible....They must be made by the people who execute them. George S. Patton
simple law special
Reconciliation is a special budget procedure to change entitlement and tax laws. It cannot be filibustered and requires only a simple majority in the Senate to be passed. It is primarily intended for deficit and mandatory spending reduction Jeff Miller
simple too-much needs
There are no more simple images... The world is too much for an image. You need several of them, a chain of images... Jean-Luc Godard
simple yesterday keys
Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work. Jim Harbaugh
simple hard-times names
Perhaps when we die our names are takenfrom us by a divine magnet and are freeto flutter here and there within the bodies of birds.I'll be a simple crowwho can reach the top of Antelope Butte.(From: Hard Times) Jim Harrison
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 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
simple doubt moments
The moment-of-conception fallacy implies that fertilization is a simple process with never a doubt as to whether it has or has not happened. George C. Williams
simple needs
I don't need nobody tryin' to make me over -- I just wanna live simple and free. Christina Aguilera
simple bible-reading secret
The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible. George Washington Carver
simple rewards life-is
A simple life is its own reward. George Santayana
simple neighbor needed
And it is so simple... The one thing is - love thy neighbor as thyself - that is the one thing. That is all, nothing else is needed. You will instantly find how to live. Fyodor Dostoevsky
simple people wicked
In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.
simple men tasks
Man's task is simple. He should cease letting his existence be a thoughtless accident. Friedrich Nietzsche
simple people soul
I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule -- and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.)
simple religion reason
The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone. Franz Grillparzer
simple listening bed
There is a simple, logical explanation,' I said to myself. And because you never know who else is listening, I added, 'And there is nothing under the bed.'" --Dexter Jeff Lindsay