Quotes about simple
simple special pathways
One simple rule: no amnesty, no special pathway to citizenship. Mitt Romney
simple echoes attention
Every word and every deed, every thought and every gesture, even the simple act of paying attention can be a gift and therefore an echo of God’s life in us. Miroslav Volf
simple voice self
Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice. . . . Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. It is amazing. It is radiant. R. Kelly
simple self world
In a world full of danger, to be a potentially seeable object is to be constantly exposed to danger. Self-consciousness, then, may be the apprehensive awareness of oneself as potentially exposed to danger by the simple fact of being visible to others. The obvious defence against such a danger is to make oneself invisible in one way or another. R. D. Laing
simple people trying
It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy, trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor are we repulsed. Princess Diana
simple enough built
I built a system simple enough to sustain itself. Pierre Omidyar
simple guiding-principles ebay
By building a simple system, with just a few guiding principles, eBay was open to organic growth.
simple garden earth
A garden was one of the few thing in prison that one could control. To plant a seed, watch it grow, to tend it then harvest it, offered a simple but enduring satisfaction. The sense of being the custodian of this small patch of earth offered a taste of freedom. Nelson Mandela
simple thinking play
I like to play with people who can play simple and are not threatened by other musicians thinking they can't play. And that eliminates 99 percent of the musicians. Neil Young
simple men political
Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived. Niccolo Machiavelli
simple men good-man
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
simple men hype
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
simple space giving
It is very simple, Messi is the best in the world, and if you give him a little bit of space, he can do whatever he wants. Neymar
simple understanding matter
Science talks about very simple things, and asks hard questions about them. As soon as things become too complex, science can't deal with them... But it's a complicated matter: Science studies what's at the edge of understanding, and what's at the edge of understanding is usually fairly simple. And it rarely reaches human affairs. Human affairs are way too complicated. Noam Chomsky
simple issues effort
Social and political issues in general seem to me fairly simple; the effort to obfuscate them in esoteric and generally vacuous theory is one of the contributions of the intelligentsia to enhancing their own power and the power of those they serve.
simple long understanding
It always takes awfully long time to understand unbelievably simple things.
simple expectations three
When you showed someone how you felt, it was fresh and honest. When you told someone how you felt, there might be nothing behind the words but habit or expectation. Those three words were what everyone used; simple syllables couldn't contain something as rare as what I felt for Sean. I wanted him to feel what I felt when I was with him: that incredible combination of comfort, decadence, and wonder; the knowledge that, with just a single taste of him, I was addicted. Jodi Picoult
simple sometimes achieve
Sometimes simple things are the most difficult things to achieve. Keanu Reeves
simple thinking choices
I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not available to me, or didn't work for me, the answer would be a simple no... and it would be an answer laced with terror. But lithium does work for me, and therefore I can afford to pose the question. Strangely enough, I think I would choose to have it. It's complicated... Kay Redfield Jamison
simple boys games
I like playing my Tamagotchi and Game Boy. They take me back to the old days when times were more simple. Kreayshawn
simple optimism people
Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism, that everyone has a gift. I don’t want anything but general happiness. Why is that bad? Oscar Niemeyer
simple essence curves
Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
simple laughing eating
Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale. Oliver Goldsmith
simple acting natural
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
simple greatness justice
There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.
simple hair done
My favorite author's question of all time - because it's so simple to answer ... 'Is your hair really like that, or do you get it done? Margaret Atwood
simple black sixteen
I did not know that 'poetess' was an insult, and that I myself would some day be called one. I did not know that to be told I had transcended my gender would be considered a compliment. I didn't know — yet — that black was compulsory. All of that was in the future. When I was sixteen, it was simple. Poetry existed; therefore it could be written; and nobody had told me — yet — the many, many reasons why it could not be written by me.
simple sixteen reason-why
When I was sixteen, it was simple. Poetry existed; therefore it could be written; and nobody had told me — yet — the many, many reasons why it could not be written by me.
simple two intellectual
Since I found that one could make a case shadow from a three-dimensional thing, any object whatsoever - just as the projecting of the sun on the earth makes two dimensions - I thought that by simple intellectual analogy, the fourth dimension could project an object of three dimensions, or, to put it another way, any three-dimensional object, which we see dispassionately, is a projection of something four-dimensional, something we are not familiar with. Marcel Duchamp
simple people southern
People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people. Kid Rock
simple challenges feelings
The criticism is that it's too simple, but my feeling is it's more of a challenge making someone feel an emotion in four notes than in 25 notes. Kenny G
simple wings philosopher
For us scientists, on the other wing, life is not quite so simple. Because we learn the unknown. Unlike, hah-hah, our esteemed friends the philosophers, who learn the unknowable. Ken MacLeod
simple cycling forever
Cycling, cycling forever bear, wolf, caribou. When had it all started, where will it end? We are all part of one, from such simple beginnings and yet all so different. Yet one. One and again. Kathryn Lasky