Arshole Quotes & Sayings

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. — Confucius

I am a mixture of idealist and realist. — Roger Moore

I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement. — Ted Turner

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change - within himself, not on the outside. — Joseph Brodsky

I've been through plenty in my life where I've really had to focus on the day ahead ... because, as I know, the future is, you know, whatever the future is ... Once you've stared mortality that hard in the face, you really seize the day. — Sam Taylor-Wood

In a world in which everything bears the indelible impress of Man, it is refreshing to escape from time to time from this wall-to-wall humanisation. Hence the American enthusiasm for national parks and outdoor activities. It is seductive to see the world as though we were not there to see it. We can always dream of perceiving things as they are in themselves, without the buzz and distortion of human meaning. We can take a vacation now and then from the intolerable burden of sense-making, rather as we do when we treat human flesh as something to be mindlessly indulged. We can shuck off language and confront reality in the raw, as we imagine an innocent child might do. — Terry Eagleton

He'll do what you like just long enough to get what he wants. — Sherry Argov

Not all possibilities are open to us. The world is finite; our hopes spill over its rim. — Salman Rushdie

Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you. — Suzanne Somers

The Brady Bunch is a live action modern fairytale of family. In this context it's less odd that it's lasted for over thirty years; and why it may last in some respects as long as Mother Goose! — Christopher Knight

A threat to our freedom is a threat to our freedom, whether from a terrorist or from a trade deal. — Marianne Williamson

I do not do selfies! That's a tough one because I don't do selfies, but I think it's all about personal style. The more outrageous, the better. — Nina Garcia

I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot of responsibility and power. — Vanessa Carlton

Almost. It's a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe. — Joan Bauer

She was a wind on the ocean. She moved men, but the helm determined the port. — Zora Neale Hurston