Gorgias Encomium Quotes & Sayings

They want to own the world, but it seems you already own a people. — Robert Jordan

Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don't want the present. You don't want what you've got, and you want what you haven't got. With every kind of waiting, you unconsciously create inner conflict between your here and now, where you don't want to be, and the projected future, where you want to be. This greatly reduces the quality of your life by making you lose the present. — Eckhart Tolle

I don't do much driving - about 5,000-6,000 miles a year. And most of that is to the airport and to the racing circuits. — Allan McNish

The thing that you learn in directing is that when you're on the floor, no matter how complex the shooting is ... you have to remain absolutely sensitive to every nuance of the behavior of the people around you. Because, ultimately, if you don't keep in mind the overall humanity, then the machine takes over and suddenly all you have are technically fine shots, technically good performances. The story's being told, but something's lacking, something mysterious, indefinable. — Irvin Kershner

The failures are not due to any injustice, but to an inner defect. It is always caused by the person himself. Yes, I know, you think you are doing an act of justice. But they will only suck you dry, wear out your energy, nourish themselves on your ideas. After being the most compassionate man in the world, I say to you today: Let the weak ones die, let them commit suicide. — Anais Nin

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot. — Nelson Mandela

There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever. — Joe Mantegna

The faculty of continual transformation ... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind — Anagarika Govinda

No human being can come into this world without increasing or diminishing the sum total of human happiness. — Elihu Burritt

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky. — Colin Firth

I've swapped disco lights for celestial lights but I'm still surrounded by dancers. I am orbited by sixty-seven moons. — Amy Liptrot

People always want the stars of movies to fall in love with one another. — Chris Weitz

We live in the most multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic America ever, and I get the sense that because of that reality so many of us are turning nativist. — Max Lucado