Skirball Museum Quotes & Sayings

What ought to be done is neglected, what ought not to be done is done; the desires of unruly, thoughtless people are always increasing. — Shawn Conners

Learning by doing is the only way I know how to learn. — Tony Fadell

I find this to be the real gift of others - the elegance of their perceptions, the labor that has been put into developing interesting positions and perfection of expression. Just as you read fiction in order to discover the names for emotions and experiences that we have all had, you read the philosophy and theology of others in order to enrich your own perceptions. — Omar Saif Ghobash

When Kami jumped over a style, he looked like he's never seen one before.
"I have never seen one before," Jared said. — Sarah Rees Brennan

I say, they [those at the top] don't have to conspire, because they all think alike. The president of General Motors and the president of Chase Manhattan Bank really are not going to disagree much on anything, nor would the editor of the New York Times disagree with them. They all tend to think quite alike, otherwise they would not be in those jobs. — Gore Vidal

I just have an allergic reaction to lung cancer. Gives me tumors. — Barry Lyga

When you do something unusual, the audience doesn't 100 percent know what you're up to in the beginning. And if you're doing a character comedy, they haven't learned the characters yet. — Greg Daniels

Be wise. Treat yourself, your mind, sympathetically, with loving kindness. If you are gentle with yourself, you will become gentle with others. — Thubten Yeshe

Jealousy, an eminently credulous and suspicious passion, allows fancy the greatest possible play. But it does not bestow wit, it banishes all sense. — Honore De Balzac

I will set you free, he says just before he buries the knife in my chest, and I wake up. — Victoria Schwab

Start and finish your day with laughter, and you will see, by and by, in between these two more and more laughter starts happening. And the more laughing you become, the more religious. — Rajneesh

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice. — Ellen Burstyn