#elf

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#always #disguised #doubts #god #himself

If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy. ↗

— Kristin Chenoweth

#flaws #happy #learn #love #love yourself

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#any #attention #care #common #culture

I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and the next day I started to do that. ↗

— Kenny Chesney

#day #down #had #head #i

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. ↗

— John Updike

#few #few men #foolish #goodness #hence

The older one gets the more one comes to resemble oneself. ↗

— Maurice Chevalier

#gets #more #older #oneself #resemble

Ah, well, do I wish that we lived in a world where gender didn't figure so prominently? Of course. Do I even think about myself as a woman when I go to make art? Of course not. ↗

— Judy Chicago

#ah #art #course #even #figure

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them. ↗

— Michael Chiklis

#being #challenging #constantly #dad #i

Before I do a movie, I watch Meryl Streep movies over and over. It's not to mimic her. It's to remind myself to be more committed. ↗

— Daphne Zuniga

#committed #her #i #i do #meryl

I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male. ↗

— Julia Child

#be true #because #benevolent #female #generation