#am

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#ends #family #first #friends #gratification

I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? ↗

— Colin Hay

#career #erratic #famous #got #had

People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same. We've obviously made some changes. When we started, it was all about food, clothing and shelter. Now we watch 'Top Chef', 'Project Runway', and 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.' ↗

— Colin Hay

#because #began #boring #changed #changes

Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where people go to find something - to find happiness or to realize their dreams. So it has that kind of quality of heroism and heartache, and Australia has that, as well. ↗

— Colin Hay

#australia #being #california #dreams #find

So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit. ↗

— S. I. Hayakawa

#give me #hamburger #hold #i #lawsuit

You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words. ↗

— S. I. Hayakawa

#because #both #different #guys #only

The incentive to ambition is the love of power. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#incentive #love #power

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable? ↗

— Tom Hayden

#atrocities #hanoi #merely #should #trip

I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#could #directors #discrimination #endure #first

At one point in my life, I was very involved with social causes. I'm still involved, but now I have a family and it's important to me. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#family #i #important #involved #life