The Thing Quotes

There is only one thing worse than boredom, and that is the fear of boredom.

I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure theyre all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.

I think for me the job always has to be the right thing at the right time.

But one thing I have to say about Darcy and dating is this: she never blew us off for a guy. She always put her friends first- which is an amazing thing for a high school girl to do.

One thing that I've found is that people could relate and see different qualities in the video that they enjoyed. That wasn't something I was necessarily expecting.

There is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose.

Without a doubt, rowing is the hardest thing you can attempt to learn in a short period of time.

I think the one thing for me that's been working is just authenticity.

Politicians saying one thing and doing another, celebrities though are some of the worst offenders.

I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention.

One thing about this game: It's really frustrating. In hockey, if you team's losing, you can start a fight. You can get your frustrations out.

Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.

We all have one thing in common: Happy New Year! It's a clean slate.

I feel worried, deeply worried, only about one thing - the possibility that we fall... that we cannot avoid an atomic war.

I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food.

As a woman, you're not limited to being one thing or the other. You can be feminine and sexy and beautiful and hot and funny.

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

When an artist works today or whenever, it's not about creating immortal masterpieces, because that's the one thing we don't decide ourselves.

There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.

When someone gradually leaves your life, that's one thing because you get used to the end of it. When somebody disappears, it takes all of your control away. It leaves you frantic.

The one thing I never want to do is act drunk or act high. You don’t do it from a mental kind of place because then you’re just acting.

I get that some people just want to do work and keep their lives private. I think for me, it just felt like I needed to be open about who I am. It just felt like the right thing for me to do.

If I were to live in Africa, serving the poor, the number-one thing I'd miss wouldn't be running water or electricity - it would be style... being able to get dressed up and feel beautiful.

There were times when I wondered if I was doing the right thing, studying when I could have been going to auditions.

I think if you're going on thinking oh, I can do this with my eyes shut, then it's probably not the right thing to be doing, you know.

All these emotions are coming from one thing - sound. It's not coming from your experiences in life, your childhood. It's related to those things, but it's being triggered by the sound.

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.

Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next.

Why must it be in human nature to hear one thing but to believe in another?" "Because we want things to get better," I said. "Otherwise we would all give up.

The hardest thing for me is planning ahead. My mom was brilliant at it.

Prudence says one thing, desire says another, and I'd rather go with desire any time.

I've dated many different types. I was all over the map. For me, it was learning about being attracted to the right things in a person, not the wrong things.

Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.

It takes a lot of people hours to make music because they focus so much on one thing. I just do it, and I make something you can just vibe to.

Whatever comes cannot alter one thing.

The irreversibility of time. That's the hardest thing to accept at our age, that's the most violent aspect of death.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

One thing that seems to surprise the studios is finding out later my willingness to audition. Under the right circumstances, I actually enjoy it very much.

There was one thing I was never going to do--no way: preach at a crusade!

It's one thing to keep secrets. It's quite another to lie.

How can you give something to someone who has everything? If you think men are tough to shop for at Christmas, try God. God has everything except one thing, friends. God doesn't have friends.

The one thing you can give God that will truly impress God is freindship. God is an eternal companion who is with you all the time - never judges, just is.

Dharma simply means the right thing in the right place, in the right space.

One thing I have seen, regardless of the method of aprehenesion of the dimensional plane one is in, is self-giving and how effective it is.

It is one thing to teach a dynamic Oriental philosophy and religious code; it is quite another to put such a discipline to the test by successfully living it in the face of ridicule.

One should never become devoted to a teacher, any more than one should become devoted to a statue of a god. There is only one thing to be devoted to, and that is your mind.

People want to will their self realization. They want to know what the right thing to do all the time is. There is no right thing. There's no code. There are certain basic recommendations.

Is there Chance? No. There is karma. Karma causes all things to happen. There is only one thing karma cannot decide, and that is how far you will evolve in this lifetime.

Please act in and through me. Please let my love increase, if it is your will. I feel that's the right thing; but even if it's not the right thing, I'm willing to abide by your judgment.

Trust life, trust that it will always guide you to the right thing, and be kind, be compassionate.