Quotes about simple
simple actors
An actor has power, and their power is very simple: it's the power to say no. Ken Stott
simple shoes pumps
I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses. Imelda Marcos
simple economic-value giving
There are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible. Gloria Steinem
simple views feminism
Feminism starts out being very simple, and it ends up being a world view that questions hierarchy altogether.
simple worry world
How simple it is to see that all the worry in the world cannot control the future.
simple bridges people
There is first of all the problem of the opening, namely, how to get us from where we are, which is, as yet, nowhere, to the far bank. It is a simple bridging problem, a problem of knocking together a bridge. People solve such problems every day. They solve them, and having solved them push on. J. M. Coetzee
simple generosity guilt
(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.
simple unhappy emotion
Everyone wanted my emotions to be very simple. They wanted me to say, "I was poor and I was unhappy, and now I've got money and I'm really happy." J. K. Rowling
simple thinking gone
He’s gone, Harry told himself. He’s gone. He had to keep thinking it as he washed and dressed, as though repetition would dull the shock of it. He’s gone and he’s not coming back. And that was the simple truth of it, Harry knew, because their protective enchantments meant that it would be impossible, once they vacated this spot, for Ron to find them again.
simple gestures comfort
It was so good to be held. If only their relationship could be distilled into simple, wordless gestures of comfort. Why had humans ever learned to talk?
simple problem solutions
Every complex problem has a simple solution that doesn't work. H. L. Mencken
simple problem argument
The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all that is necessary is to deny that it exists.
simple fields adultery
The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.
simple ideas literary-theory
As for me, my literary theory, like my politics, is based chiefly upon one main idea, to wit, the idea of freedom. I am, in brief, a libertarian of the most extreme variety, and know of no human right that is one-tenth as valuable as the simple right to utter what seems (at the moment) to be the truth
simple bugs causes
There is an incredibly large spectrum of possible causes for program bugs, including simple typos, "thinkos," hidden limitations of underlying abstractions, and outright bugs in abstractions or their implementation.
simple civilization adjusting
It is a simple matter to see the obvious, to do the expected. The tendency of the individual life is to be static rather than dynamic, and this tendency is made into a propulsion by civilization, where the obvious only is seen, and the unexpected rarely happens. When the unexpected does happen, however, and when it is of sufficiently grave import, the unfit perish. They do not see what is not obvious, are unable to do the unexpected, are incapable of adjusting their well-grooved lives to other and strange grooves. In short, when they come to the end of their own groove, they die. Jack London
simple may able
In short, the world abounds with simple delusions which we may call "happiness", if we be but able to entertain them. H. P. Lovecraft
simple men discovery
It is strange that only extraordinary men make the discoveries, which later appear so easy and simple. Georg C. Lichtenberg
simple internet huge
I am being stalked across the Web. And why is this happening? Pretty simple: It's huge business. Gary Kovacs
simple bed life-is
How simple life is. We buy a fish. We are fed. We sit close to each other, we talk and then we go to bed. Gary Johnson
simple church want
We sometimes idealize the early church and want our churches to go back to the simple, old ways. We need to carefully read the history. Harmony takes work. Jerry B. Jenkins
simple cells brain
Screenplays are the hardest thing to try to get right. They look so simple when they work, but they really destroy your brain cells trying to get them there. Jerry Bruckheimer
simple people earth
My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe Jerry Brown
simple ego facts
The simple fact of yourself... there it is... just you... no excitement about it... a very simple fact... the only thing you have... keep it as clear as you can. Georgia O'Keeffe
simple bravery soldier
Bravery in simple soldiers is a dangerous trade, to which they have bound themselves to get their livelihood. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
simple answers lovers
But what really happened? The answer is simple: the lovers survive and flourish. Ian Mcewan
simple obvious-things perspective
From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew; that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended.
simple thinking names
Let his name be cleared and everyone else adjust their thinking. He had put in time, now they must do the work. His business was simple. Find Cecilia and love her, marry her and live without shame.
simple recipes pages
There is only one recipe for a best seller and it is a very simple one. You have to get the reader to turn over the page. Ian Fleming
simple enough very-romantic
I was fortunate enough to be raised in a, in a very romantic time in terms of music, and the music itself simple reflected the much more romantic time. Hugh Hefner
simple thinking names
We should not care much whether those thus united (against slavery) were designated 'Whig,' 'Free Democrat' or something else; though we think some simple name like 'Republican' would more fitly designate those who had united to restore the Union to its true mission of champion and promulgator of Liberty rather than propagandist of slavery. Horace Greeley
simple electric-shock tears
When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was new - it was singular - it was simple!'. Horatio Nelson
simple blood hands
Every deadline was a crisis … No doubt it has something to do with a deep-seated personality defect, or maybe a kink in whatever blood vessel leads into the pineal gland … On the other hand, it might easily be something as simple and basically perverse as whatever instinct it is that causes a jackrabbit to wait until the last possible second to dart across the road in front of a speeding car. Hunter S. Thompson