La La Anthony Quotes

We are complex, and therefore, in our natural state, inconsistent, beings, and the opinion of this hour need not be the opinion of the next.

Man is a real man, and can live and act manfully in this world, not in the strength of opinions, not according to what he thinks, but according to what he is .

The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so.

I would sooner perish for ever than stoop down before a Being who may have power to crush me, but whom my heart forbids me to reverence.

But the world was also so constructed, owing to the nature of the Maker of it, that superior strength was found in the long run to lie with those who had the right on their side.

We must have the real thing before we can have a science of a thing.

I scarcely know a professional man I can like, and certainly not one who has been what the world calls successful, that I should the least wish to resemble.

Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape from their shadows.

Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.

Scepticism, like wisdom, springs out in full panoply only from the brain of a god, and it is little profit to see an idea in its growth, unless we track its seed to the power which sowed it.

Every one of us ... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys.

Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.

We call heaven our home, as the best name we know to give it.

The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

Life is change, to cease to change is to cease to live; yet if you may shed a tear beside the death-bed of an old friend, let not your heart be silent on the dissolving of a faith.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.

The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies...

I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.

I am inspired by those who dedicate their lives to bringing about positive social change throughout the world.

Sleep always eluded the pursuer.

There is always a moment when you think of death as a way easier than life.

[On Washington, D.C.:] There was no other city in the world where rumor fed upon itself so virulently. Whispers wiped out careers just as cholera destroyed its human victims.

There aren't many idealists in politics.

God loves you as do I and no matter what physical characteristics that differ from each and every one of us, we are but one family under the heavens.

Lyrics are for teenage girls, brah.

One must find rhythms others' ears don't hear.

We do all the things we can to essentially brainwash people into liking it before it actually comes out.

I'm laid back, I take my time, get the job done. Lebron is high flying, dunking, passing the ball well. He's getting the job done, too. But we're different.

I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on.

I think I am a smarter player now.

Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But winning a gold medal, I don't think anything can top that.

It's easier for me to let the game just come to me.

I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.

What I do will be straight up. Management knows that.

I'm a Baltimore Ravens fan and I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan. I have them tattooed on me.

I'm me. I'm just out there being myself. I like having fun. But at the same time, I bring everybody together. So I'm really -- or I try to be -- like the glue of the team.

I have my own identity as a player.

I got an owner that looks out for me. You can't beat that.

I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.

I think everybody has their own unique style.

I can't palm a basketball.

I wanted to make the lightest shoe possible, but still be able to perform at the same time.

Any decision I make is the biggest decision of my life.

I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.

I've been at the funerals of a lot of people in my neighborhood. Sometimes when I sit back and relax, I think about that and just blank out.

I'm really into fashion.

I want to win. I don't care about the money.

I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player.

I kind of knew Cleveland was going to get the No. 1 pick. I think they rigged it. No, don't quote me on that.

As a kid I couldn't afford any Jordans, so I didn't get my first pair until my last year of high school. They were Air Jordan 9s.