It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.
Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.
I think I have stopped being nervous about the outcome of a film. The five consecutive flops in 1997 and the five consecutive hits in 1999 have mellowed me in many ways.
Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.
I learned that being considerate helps me in my life and career.
The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.
There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.
I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?
Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.
My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work.
Kathleen Wynne and her band of radical-left cronies think they have a handle on what constitutes human identity and also what should constitute human morality. And I think that that's being pushed in a manner in schools that's completely reprehensible. It's not education, in my estimation. It's a form of indoctrination.
Our economic, civil, and constitutional rights are being challenged and, frankly, they are being lost.
There is always a gap between what candidates say in the heat of the campaign, when they are not constrained by the realities of governance, and how they act after being sworn into office.
Attempts to construct an ethic from the rules of evolution, or from psychology and sociology, end up being simply inadequate.
I didn't take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that's when I went to being the MVP.
Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.
Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.
I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
I like being on the side of healthcare consumer.
