Austinology Quotes & Sayings

There is practically no sense that is not violated every time we return from the country or the sea to Paris or London or New York. — Evelyn Waugh

And when I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the 80s that wasn't a cool thing to be. — Vincent Kartheiser

We all have the same 24/7. What we do with our time becomes our priority. Choose what you do with your time and do not lead a life by default — Patt Hollinger Pickett

The scientific world is to be less threatening than was feared. It is to made safe for human beings. And the way to make it safe is to reflect on the foundation of knowledge. — Simon Blackburn

I undertake my scientific research with the confident assumption that the earth follows the laws of nature which God established at creation ... My studies are performed with the confidence that God will not capriciously confound scientific results by "slipping in" a miracle. — James W. Skehan

When I make my own videos, I am the writer, the editor, the lighting person, everything - that's why my videos are blurry. — Lilly Singh

If I want to pursue the art of painting - or music or writing or sculpture - it requires only my time and a few dollars for materials. If, however, I want to produce a motion picture I have to go out and raise a million dollars! — Orson Welles

If life can emerge just from naturalistic circumstances, then God is out of a job. — Lee Strobel

The last time I saw him, I didn't breath again until he had dressed himself completely. From the crack in my sister's door, I saw him get out of her bed and inhale, as if he had accomplished his mission for the day. — Jennifer Loren

If Karma is a thing, then wouldn't wanting someone to experience bad Karma also get YOU bad Karma? — Steve Maraboli

I am not a smile.
These children are after something,with hooks and cries,
And my heart too small to bandage their terrible faults. — Sylvia Plath

Jeweled stars, pearl stars, silver coins in olive jars... glittering deep within the dark, see them flicker, see them spark... — Shira Glassman

I'm thinking we ought to rethink the whole self-esteem thing. It should almost be a dirty word. I mean, look at Kayla. She has the intelligence of a tree stump, and its sense of humour. She's less about real attractiveness than she is about advertising ... She's the kind of girl who shows how hot she is because she has nothing else to offer, who doesn't realise that hotness has an expiration date. Yet, I'm still a little nervous talking to her like she's holding a lottery ticket she just might or might not decide to hand over to me. It is nuts, if you stop to think about it. I give give her this power, and it's kind of like voting some idiot into office. But hey, we're good at that, too. — Deb Caletti

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough. — Robert Downey Jr.

The mandalas were meant to be objects of contemplation, aids to meditation, their proportions magically balanced to purify and calm the mind. To stare at a mandala was to experience, if only briefly, the nothingness that is at the heart of enlightenment. — Douglas Preston