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To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.
A writer's subconscious is one of the filthiest places there are: as a matter of fact, you can find the whole world there.
Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do.
[No] matter what a waste one has made of one's life, it is ever possible to find some path to redemption, however partial.
We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.
Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime.
Find something that matters deeply to you and pursue it. Question. Stand. Speak. Act. Make us uncomfortable. Make us think.
If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.
The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
You find out that all this stuff you've accumulated, you could care less about it. It's just the relationships that matter.
I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.
It doesn't matter if I've been wronged - I still have a responsibility to use my influence in a way that never causes harm.
You forget about it whether it was 15-2 or 3-2. It's still a loss. It doesn't matter what the score was if we win tomorrow.
It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Before you can write anything, you have to notice something.
No matter how bad things are, they could always be worse. Start finding gratitude for what might have happened, but didn't.
Leadership is about going somewhere. If you and your people don’t know where you are going, your leadership doesn’t matter.
Nothing is ever quite right, is it, after a parent dies? No matter how well things go, something always feels slightly off.
In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, and never again, no matter how many lifetimes you live.
I love lace because it can be really feminine, sexy, or dark. There are so many ways to wear it, no matter what your style.
That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether.
What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.
The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.
With out each member, SS501 isn't complete. No matter how great the songs are, it wouldn't be the same without each member.
In California, it's hard to buy all the media, no matter how much money you raise or spend, because it's such a huge state.
No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.
You know, it doesn’t matter how beautiful you are, if you don’t have anything interesting to say, then you’re still boring.
It's a small world. No matter what the circumstances, be nice to everyone, as you never know who you're going to see again.
What we do on Sunday absolutely doesn't matter unless it meets us on Monday. Changes us on Monday. Transforms us on Monday.
When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
Sometimes we worry about the things that you know that matter the least and don't focus on the things that matter the most.
Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
Who cares how you get caught? If you're cheating, if you're doing wrong, it doesn't matter what you're doing -- it's wrong.
If you just go with the flow, no matter what weird things happen along the way, you always end up exactly where you belong.
The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear.
No matter how great the script, the actual film will only be a distant relative of it - it will never be an identical twin.
Shakespeare - it's not funny. No matter how they try to make Shakespeare funny, when it's meant to be funny it's not funny.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
I sighed. ‘It doesn’t matter what we do. Money comes and goes.’ I shook my head. ‘It doesn’t matter and you know it doesn’t.
It is sad that the air is the only thing we share. No matter how close we get to each other, there is always air between us.
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.
The key to wealth is that it doesn't matter. Once you've had it, you don't think anything of it; you can wear cheap watches.
No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we can always set our compass to our highest intentions in the present moment
We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors . . . But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.
Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines.
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.
The truth of the matter is that I live on an isolated cattle ranch in the middle of Oklahoma and that's not going to change.
Having inborn capabilities doesn't matter. Whether you can manage them or not, that's what determines the victory or defeat.
And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.
Arnold Rampersad is a really good person. A really good person. As a matter of fact, he came to Stanford when I was Provost.
No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.