Doe Quotes

A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.

Living alone, you can do so many fantastic things I've learned. You can like, walk around and have so many conversations with yourself and sing your thoughts. I think I'm the only one that does that.

The world does not reward average people so I will be extraordinary.

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

When millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, and there was no one there to hear it, does it - philosopically speaking - make a noise

"There's a door," he whispered. "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think," said Rincewind.

My body is a compass - and it does not lie.

Whoever is versed in the jargon does not have to say what he thinks, does not even have to think it properly. The jargon takes over this task.

How many people does each of us know who claim to seek happiness but freely choose paths inevitably leading to misery?

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena..who errs, who comes short again and again; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who spends himself in a worthy cause.

Breaking accepted rules does bring people together.

He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith.

If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame.

Any person claiming to be a baseball fan who does not also claim to have invented the quickest, simplest and most complete method of keeping score probably is a fraud.

Neither in tailoring nor in legislating does man proceed by mere accident.

No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors.

Piety does not mean that a man should make a sour face about things, and refuse to enjoy in moderation what his Maker has given.

What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day.

More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.

If one does not remember death, one does not remember Dharma.

The Gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.

Jesus does not just bring good news; he is the good news.

The church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission.

But a lot of writers - and I'm one of them - do tend to feel dissatisfied. It makes you a little hard to live with, but it's a goad and does keep you alert and restless.

No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it.

Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities.

Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.

There is no area of life that does not have a biblical worldview attached to it.

If you add the value, you will become the brand. Find a way to add more value than anyone else does

I think about what's the best way to serve people. In business, if you do more for others than anybody else does, you dominate. That's the bottom line.

God doesn't promise tomorrow, he does promise eternity.

Confucius does his crossword with a pen.

I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime.

I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does they might as well be dead.

What I found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany's. It calms me down right away, the quietness and the proud look of it;nothing very bad could happen to you there.

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible.

The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.

I have read somewhere that in a totalitarian system martyrdom does better than thought.

It sounds corny to say, but the theater is sacred; something transcendent can occur, and when it does, everyone grows. It's a true communion.

If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.

Saying you are a patriot does not make you one; wearing a flag pin does not in itself mean anything at all.

I believe, whatever God does, he does it for the good. I always try to look at life like that.

God does not offer us a way out of the testings of life. He offers us a way through, and that makes all the difference.

One ought not to hoard culture. It should be adapted and infused into society as a leaven. Liberality of culture does not mean illiberality of its benefits.

The mind is the pilot. We think of things before the body does them.

I think of few heroic actions, which cannot be traced to the artistical impulse. He who does great deeds, does them from his innate sensitiveness to moral beauty.

Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.

The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good or harm.