Will Not Quotes

Whatever the world dishes up, we take it on--not on our own terms, but on the world's.

I know it wouldn't seem like I've had a lot of failure in my career, but there are things that I regard as failures, when I look at certain performances and go, 'That's not good enough.'

I understand that I'm not perfect. I made mistakes and I had a hand in everything that's happened to me, good and bad.

You don't need to know who I'm dating. You don't need to know what I'm doing. I'm fine with everybody not knowing that.

Rain falls on everyone, lightning strikes some. What cannot be changed is best forgotten. God made the world, and He saw that it was good. Not fair. Not happy. Not perfect. Good.

I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?

It's not fair. It's not fair," she cried, knowing it was a child's argument but not caring, because being childish did not make it untrue.

I may not be loud but that doesn't mean I'm not strong within myself. My mum and dad instilled in me to stand up for what I believe in - and I do.

I'm not interested in those who do me wrong. There's not enough time in the day for them.

So, I'm not impressed by BP's promises and I'm not ready to take the word of a company with a track record of pursuing profit over safety.

I want to convey that I'm crazy about the Kardashians - but I'm not sure which is which.

I'm young but I'm not stupid.

...the very basics of photography [can] be potent and strange. So why not make pictures about the medium itself and see where they would take me?

The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy.

You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.

If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.

It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.

The enthusiastic uprising of the people in our cause, is our great reliance; and we can not safely give it any check, even thoughit overflows, and runs in channels not laid down in any chart.

But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If it is valid, it can not be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.

I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.

Roads taken far away from you are many. Do not fear, Mother; they all lead back.

I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream.

Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.

When I compare myself and my opponents in other countries in the light of history, I do not fear the verdict on our respective mentalities.

We can not be naive and think we can go it alone.

We are not alone and we all have ample creativity within us if we just trust it.

We start to feel not good enough and we withdraw our hearts energy and sensor our authentic expression, and that hurts!

I don't think avoiding conflict is not caring. ~Shin

Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they're not afraid of wolves.

I gotta keep busy. I'm not happy unless I'm working on two, three things.

There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.

I've always liked to think ahead. Not stupid-far ahead. A hundred years doesn't interest me. But 20 years interests me, and more for what happens to humans as opposed to things.

Drinking can not be sacramentalised except in religions which set no store on decorum. The worship of Dionysos or the Celtic god of beer was a loud and disorderly affair.

As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to relate to each other.

If someone asked you, why not help him out?

We spend too much time recruiting and not enough time working with the players we have.

I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet.

I'm not afraid of a party!

Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.

Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.

Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.

My friend is not perfect-no more than I am-and so we suit each other admirable.

I am not ready to back away from my views.

There are many movies that I like, but I'm not sure if they have inspired me.

Shakespeare wrote better poetry for not knowing too much; Milton, I think, knew too much finally for the good of his poetry.

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.

Cheerfulness is a debt we owe to society, in the paying of which we receive a generous discount. We can not open our hearts to give out cheer without more cheer rushing in to take its place.

I'm very uncomfortable with my body, and I'm not interested in people seeing it on screen.

I'm always doing poems from a place of not-knowing, a place of ignorance in a way.

Most things that I think about not talking about, ultimately I decide to talk about, and I feel better.