#arrive

There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them. ↗

— Peter Weir

#any #arrived #banal #become #case

Who of us knows or can by possibility arrive at a knowledge of the laws that govern our property and lives? ↗

— William H. Wharton

#govern #knowledge #knows #laws #lives

Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable. ↗

— James Wolcott

#arrived #buster #carrey #clowns #comedy

At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant. ↗

— Martin Yan

#arrived #china #hong #hong kong #i

No, the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman. ↗

— Israel Zangwill

#arrived #coming #crucible #fusion #i

The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet. ↗

— William Gibson

#already #arrived #distributed #evenly #future

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. ↗

— Andre Gide

#arrive #cross #frenchman #having #honor

I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot; I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, that's when the mental illness arrives. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#arrives #believed #both #coming #either

So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and I say that it's good that it changed, otherwise it would show a lack of intelligence. ↗

— Thierry Henry

#changed #game #good #here #i

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#arrive #ends #fear #forget #given