Simple Quotes - page 20

There are two things you need for a jolly good hymn. The first is a set of words that expresses the mood or sentiment of the worshipper. The second-and perhaps even more important-is a good tune ... with a simple popular melody. (John Betjeman)
The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist our hearts a notch backward. View quote
Colum McCann
White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion and of the lamb, Prayer! Prayer will give you the key of heaven! Bold and pure as innocence, strong, like all that is single and simple, this glorious, invincible Queen rests, nevertheless, on the material world; she takes possession of it; like the sun, she clasps it in a circle of light. View quote
Honoré de Balzac
Our pleasures were simple - they included survival. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple & wise; this is the angelic life. View quote
John Chrysostom
I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting. View quote
Macaulay Culkin
Finding happiness is not as simple as having good friends or a full social life. The crunch issue is our ability, or inability, to find within ourselves a sense of meaning or deeper purpose, something not found in everyday life. View quote
Mark Vernon
We can't ever forget that the Internet now is just a staid utility. The exciting platforms are software applications that are very, very simple. View quote
Mark Cuban
Social media is just a platform. Twitter is a very simple and immediate broadcast platform. Facebook is a very personal, when it comes to friends and when it comes to fan pages, a little bit less but still somewhat personal way to communicate. View quote
Mark Cuban
The simple reason I like every idea is that I'm an optimist. View quote
Marc Randolph
Ed?" Ritchie says later. We're still standing in the water. "There's only one thing I want." "What's that, Ritchie?" His answer is simple. "To want. (Markus Zusak)
It's simple, really," Alaric Wulf said. " Lucien Antonescu is the prince of darkness." Jon nodded. "Yeah," he said. "We know. He's got a castle and stuff. View quote
Meg Cabot
Simple dreams are the hardest to come true. View quote
Melina Marchetta
I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that. View quote
Norman Wisdom
Of course I wasn't abused. If I were; things would be so simple. I'd have a reason to for being in a shrinks office. I'd have a justification and something to work on. The world wasn't going to give me something that tidy. View quote
Ned Vizzini
It's amazing that something as simple as a kiss can overpower the worst of worries. View quote
Neal Shusterman
My approach is to start from the straightforward principle that our body is a machine. A very complicated machine, but none the less a machine, and it can be subjected to maintenance and repair in the same way as a simple machine, like a car. View quote
Aubrey de Grey
Human problems are complex. If something isn't complex it doesn't qualify as problematic. Very simple bad things are not worth troubling ourselves about. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
A careful reading of 50 Simple Things leaves you wondering whether you're going to die from environmental disaster or intellectual annoyance. Failing either, you can worry yourself to death. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying you to do something stupid. (P. J. O'Rourke)
I still dream about doing something simple, very simple and universal. View quote
Peter Sis
It's all really very simple. You don't have to choose between being kind to yourself and others. It's one and the same. View quote
Piero Ferrucci
I didn't answer, but, please-nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are quite baffling. View quote
Rick Riordan
There was Tyson moving into the Poseidon cabin, giggling to himself every fifteen seconds and saying, "Percy is my brother?" like he'd just won the lottery. Aw, Tyson," I'd say. "It's not that simple. View quote
Rick Riordan