Doe Quotes

Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery.

We are nearer neighbors to ourselves than the whiteness of snow or the weight of stones are to us: if man does not know himself, how should he know his functions and powers?

Who is it that does not voluntarily exchange his health, his repose, and his very life for reputation and glory? The most useless, frivolous, and false coin that passes current among us.

It is a small soul, buried beneath the weight of affairs, that does not know how to get clean away from them, that cannot put them aside and pick them up again.

Where can an interrogation lead us which does not follow reason in its horizontal course, but seeks to retrace in time that constant vertically which confronts European culture with what it is not?

If [Donald Trump] comes forward and if he does that, then, of course, there will be some engagement.

The world defines 'waste' very differently than Jesus does.

Has anyone asked Donald Trump recently like how exactly does his current position differ from [Marco] Rubio's or even Jeb Bush's?

Why does life carry some people on the crest of the wave while others drown beneath the water?

Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. —SUZANNE NECKER, WIFE OF JACQUES NECKER, MINISTER OF FINANCE

I don't have the stressful job. Barack Obama does.

Rudeness is what gets to me [when someone being rude to me in a supermarket]. Yeah. That one does get to me, I have to say.

We know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does.

It does not undo harm to acknowledge that we have done it; but it undoes us not to acknowledge it.

Not for nothing does the neurotic suffer - but not for anything very much, either.

Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.

Martyrs create faith, faith does not create martyrs.

Does anyone know a word that rhymes with shark?

It does no good to run. And it does no good to hide. But I know what it's like. Your brain shuts down, and you follow your instincts. Or, at least, you.

That very document [Constitution] does little to serve people when Supreme Court decisions are written so that even high-priced lawyers can't figure them out.

Without question, the court does play a vital role in our constitutional system.

My uniqueness reveals something of Christ that no one else does.

It does make sense to put on some songs that are relatively short, because radio usually only plays songs that are less than 4 or 5 minutes.

I think what good television does well is that it shows characters evolving.

When Donald Trump does his talking, he - he doesn't tiptoe around the thousand new rules of political correctness.

No matter what the situation, winning takes care of a lot of stuff. Things are never perfect, even when you win. But it does make for a lot better environment, for sure.

In fact, sometimes when I look at something my memory does work. I remember the panel where Alex Toth told me, "Mike, if you really don't understand all that, you don't need to put it on there."

Doom hits the same frequencies that polytonic Buddhist chanting does, which is very hypnotic and makes time relative when listening.

Realistically there is no limit to the possibilities. How does an artist make decisions?

I don't really ever worry about what anyone else does and I certainly don't worry about what anyone else says about me.

Everything that lives, does so under the categorical condition of decisively interfering in the life of someone else.

If you imagine whipping your skin every day, that's what it does and it's a full prosthetic piece.

To your point earlier if a female movie does well they're like "Oohhhh! I can't believe it did well! Maybe the next one will do well, too."

When graves are covered with stones, the dead can no longer get out. But the dead can't go out anyway! What difference does it make whether they're covered with soil or stones?

The novel is a territory where one does not make assertions; it is a territory of play and of hypotheses.

Kissing is something that everybody does!

Most people hate that their mum has a Facebook page, but I love that my mum does.

The sages say that life is illusion, but does that change its poignancy?

Being a King sort of sucks," I said. Quentin wrinkled his nose, "So does your outfit." "Blood is in this season.

The length of your days does not belong to you.

Everything man does today to be efficient, to fill the hour? It does not satisfy. It only makes him hungry to do more. Man wants to own his existence. But no one owns time.

A one-time tax does not get figured into people's investment decisions.

I don't think there's any equivalency between the way that the Russians conduct themselves and the way the United States does.

The average consumer does not know the difference between browser, Internet and search box.

Character is what someone does, much more than who they are. I can be sarcastic or I can be fearful, but it doesn't really matter until there's a story - until someone comes in and holds us hostage.

A competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us and we will win.

We hope that as a species we're capable of dealing with environmental catastrophe before it actually does collectively kill most of us.

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

America does not seek good for Islam, for the Muslims, and for the repressed.

I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again.