#stand

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. ↗

— Isaac Newton

#false #imagine #man #may #only

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. ↗

— Ben Nicholas

#corner #down #dull #going #grubby

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong. ↗

— Robert De Niro

#bring #certain #certain things #directors #feel

Abortion is a right I feel must not go away, and I feel like people aren't mobilizing so much because it's so complicated and it's difficult to understand. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

#away #because #complicated #difficult #feel

I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate, to fear God that's not religion, that's not helping humanity, that's organizing an army to defeat somebody. ↗

— Mojo Nixon

#being #calling #defeat #fear #fear god

China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives. I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#china #developing #discourage #disservice #foreign

Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time. ↗

— Emil Nolde

#art #beautiful #believes #days #egyptians

If you're older you want to tell stories about the pool of human life and living and to communicate, not only to your age group but to do an age group that can begin to understand, that has enough experience of life far beyond the taste of life. ↗

— Nick Nolte

#age #age group #begin #beyond #communicate

As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

#aspire #because #caring #doing #everybody

That's why we have practice rounds. We make the adjustments as we go around, try and find out how to play the golf course the best we can. No big deal, it's nothing to me, it's the same for me as it is to everybody and we're all trying to understand it. ↗

— Greg Norman

#best #big #big deal #course #deal