John Quotes

The joys of marriage are the heaven on earth, Life's paradise, great princess, the soul's quiet, Sinews of concord, earthly immortality, Eternity of pleasures.

Not only does God play dice with the universe, He's using loaded dice.

A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself.

The U.S. has no friends, only interests.

Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan--that is the rule.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Each age, each guilty age, builds high walls around its Versailles; and personally I hate those walls most when they are made by literature and art.

Chips on shoulder, all that, everybody plays the game for different reasons. You've got to prove yourself every time you go out there. That's the reality.

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

Where we find echoes, we generally find emptiness and hollowness; it is the contrary with the echoes of the heart.

The subject may be of first importance to the artist when he starts a picture, but it should be of least importance in the finished product. The subject is of no aesthetic significance.

Sets of lines can say something about the direction and nature of the light. They are used by great fresco painters as a sign for shade.

Don't be stingy with your paint, it isn't worth it.

Align with nature... Magic happens

Good sexual chemistry is fundamental to a vibrant intimate relationship.

What I have to say to an inhabitant of the Earth in one hundred years is similar to what I have to say to the present inhabitants of Earth. To be creative.

Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly.

...it is the greatest achievement of a teacher to enable his students to surpass him.

Definition of responsibility: a commitment of the head, heart, and hands to fix the problem and never again affix blame.

Learning is really about translating knowing what to do into doing what we know.

The network is the computer.

We knew we did not want to record at Impulse Studios again, after the experience of recording in a 'real' studio in London for the Radio One session we did.

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

Fashion is a very stressful place to work because of the demands of doing the shows - no one expects a writer to produce two books a year on the dot - but it's also a very toxic place to work.

I don't love dolls. I love women. I love their bodies

It's not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.

Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.

Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed.

Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!

But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.

If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.

The things fishermen know about trout aren't facts but articles of faith.

In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments.

Americans just want us to... not be concerned if they can be constitutionally justified... Why, if we had to do that we could not pass most of the laws we enact around here.

I hate to think that we may be out there seven to ten years out and dependent on the Russians for our journey into space.

I still have my [flight] license and I can still pass a flight physical.

It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.

Old Care has a mortgage on every estate, And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get.

Enlightened social engineering is required to face situations that demand global action now.

I don't need the bread, but it's nice to do something creative.

My inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves.

It's just that I learned a while ago that the best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much.

I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow.

What matters to you defines your mattering.

When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.

Good friends are hard to find and impossible to forget.

I try to live life so that I can live with myself.

You either have a great social life and shitty taste in music, or a fantastic taste in music with barely any social life.

Scared isn't a good excuse. Scared is the excuse everyone has always used.