The Thing Quotes

If the right thing came along, I would absolutely direct something I did not write because I love the process so much, but we'll see. I'm taking it day by day.

My dad said I did the right thing. I hope I did, but it's hard to tell sometimes.

I don't know a lot about politics. I like talking about human behavior. Politicians are funny to me because they often say one thing and behave a different way.

I think that [respect for people] is of profound importance because it means you are caring and you trust them to do the right thing.

The one thing you never want to do in politics is take the hit for someone else's misconduct - especially someone as erratic as President Trump.

You should give up.' 'Why?' 'For one thing, you'll live longer.' 'Oh, you don't live longer. It just seems longer.

Marriage is an an inherently contradictory state. It involves the fusion of two people into one thing. And it's also love, and it's a lot of work, and it's got glory in its drudgery.

You have to remind casting directors out here that you don't just do one thing. There's a lot of people who do just one thing.

I know Okay, Sorry. I am. Look, I'm human. It's hard to be fair sometimes. We don't always feel the right thing, do the right thing

Listen up, Wanda. I know exactly what you don't want to be. But we're human, and we're selfish, and we don't always do the right thing. We aren't going to let you go. Deal with it.

Look at all those American preachers who got caught with their pants down. They say one thing and they are doing another. I try to be more honest about it, both in my thinking and my behavior.

The one thing that gives you faith is the fact that people can be apart physically but they can still have an emotional connection.

We have federal standards for everything in America except the one thing you need most - your health.

Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding, because it's just its own reward. It's sort of like heaven.

One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.

It is one thing to lead by example with half a dozen soldiers at your back. It is wholly another with ten thousand.

Letting cats and dogs have litters is tantamount to shooting shelter animals in the head since it kills their chances of adoption. Please do the right thing and spay or neuter your animals.

It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life.

One thing I've found in any project is almost universally about three quarters of the way through - or maybe a little father, maybe seventh eighths on the way through - any project will explode.

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.

You think your congressman is working all day to get you a job? He may want to. He or she is probably not a bad person. They probably want to do the right thing. But they can't.

There's a very comfortable techno-libertarian culture where you think you're doing the right thing.

The number one thing I look for in a man is integrity. A man who does what he says he's going to do.

Because sometimes when things are going really well, we find the one thing we're pretending we're not looking for.

I love to teach, I love to draw, I love animals. So I don't feel like I am relying on one thing to lead me in my career.

That was the one thing I had going for me. Taking care of your family.

When you give, give from the place of the heart because it is the right thing to do, not the easy thing to do.

Perfection is one thing and enjoyment another; these two having different ends, engage men differently.

Let me draw your attention to one thing which unfortunately we always forget: that is - "O man, have faith in yourself."

The one thing in my films, I only kill people who need to be killed, or killers killing killers. And I believe that the violence is very justifiable.

If there is one thing I can't stand, it is stupidity. I always say that stupidity is the Sin against the Holy Ghost.

(I'm) much more ... standoffish and hot headed, more intense (than Rashad). Not so dead set on doing the right thing more so than the right now thing; at that age anyway.

Slash can take three notes and make a beautiful solo. And that's one thing I've always really admired about his guitar playing. I'm a huge Slash fan all around.

Why did someone fall in love with you because you are one thing and then want you to be something else?

The hardest thing was to give meaning to what appeared to have none.

The one thing I worry about with that is whether or not we're edgy enough for the young kids. You know, does a 20-year-old like the fact that he can play it for his dad? Is that cool?

There are times when you get frustrated, but the one thing you always focus on is treating people well. You just cannot storm off and freak out.

I've wanted one thing in my life. I don't want to be that girl that gets that one thing then complains.

That’s always the hardest thing when someone completely has you fooled so much, that you think they’re just never going to hurt you, then they do. That’s when you get the worst heartbreak.

I've wanted one thing for me whole life and I'm not going to be that girl who wants one thing her whole life then gets it and complains.

I will commend the Democrats for one thing. If they name Keith Ellison as the head of the DNC, then I'll commend them for truth in advertising.

The one thing that might have stopped San Bernardino, that might have stopped 9/11 would have been stricter controls on those who came here.

If there is one thing I am, it's always right.

I'm a believer in biochemistry. But I tell people to try only one thing at a time to see if it works. And if you do give a powerful drug to a kid, it better have a big wow factor.

I played around with vegetarianism back in the '70s. One thing, my physiology just got to have animal protein. I get hypoglycemic, I get all light-headed unless I eat animal protein.

One thing in the Buddhadharma is that we are not our body, we are not our gender.

I think that one thing I have learned as a freshman is that it is really important to collaborate.

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.

You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.

If there's one thing that really annoys a god, it's not knowing something.