Resume: a written exaggeration of only the good things a person has done in the past, as well as a wish list of the qualities a person would like to have.
The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable.
The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.
As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only rarely.
The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.
So not only do we need to deal with threats as they emerge, we have to be thinking in anticipation of future threats, and the things we do have to be things that enable the system to continue to work.
I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.
Sometimes people can only imagine that I live a glamorous life 24/7, which I don't. I just like the most natural and simple things. That's what makes me happy.
I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.
If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you.
Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that.
But the one thing you should. not do is to suppose that when something is wrong with the arts, it is wrong with the arts ONLY.
There's only one thing in life more dangerous than a bad idea, and that's a good one.
The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.
All bad things are exaggerated in the middle of the night. When you lie awake, you only think of bad things.
No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.
My mother never, ever told me about evilness. She only saw the beautiful things... she wanted to protect me from it.
The only gossip I'm interested in is things from the Weekly World News - 'Woman's bra bursts, 11 injured'. That kind of thing.
I'm really so singular, I am only able to work on one thing at a time. I really am.
Thing is, I don't really like free time. People are always warning me that I'm going to burn out. But the truth is, the only thing that tires me out is hearing people tell me that.
I don't buy things now, I buy plane tickets. The only thing I want is to make enough money to be able to travel with my children.
