#mean

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind? ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#answer #ask #enough #god #i

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#blues #book #country #get #i

Lidia Bastianich, sorry, but kind of boring. I mean, I love Lidia, but you can fall asleep watching her. And Mario Batali? I love Mario to death... but he's not romantic or sensual. Those are the things I bring to the table. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#boring #bring #death #fall #her

You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either. ↗

— Dale Earnhardt

#driving #edge #either #ever #go

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#always #being #being busy #busy #does

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#act #am #daily #days #effort

I don't mean to beat a made-in-America drum, but I would be lying if I said it doesn't feel somehow right to be printing books in the U.S. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#books #drum #feel #i #lying

Waterworld was the best time of my life. It was physically demanding, but it was fun. I mean, you're in Hawaii for nine months shooting on the water every day. ↗

— David R. Ellis

#best time #day #demanding #every #every day

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#always #beyond #escapes #every #experience

I prefer to stay in my country. But this doesn't mean if someone does want to leave Iran, I think they've done something wrong - the desire to leave is completely understandable. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#country #desire #does #done #i