#th

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace. ↗

— John Tyler

#apt #aptly #compared #coquette #elude

I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#children #eat #feed #heart #his

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#benefit #both #exercise #free #free speech

When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know anything. If it's good I don't want to hear it; if it's bad I don't want to hear it. The only thing either thing can do is distract me. I like to stay focused. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#attack #bad #distract #either #film

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#clouds #dream #dreamer #grab #handful

Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress. ↗

— Ziyi Zhang

#done #even #films #hollywood #hollywood films

There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience. ↗

— Paul Hindemith

#clean #conscience #good #good music #music

I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#any #anything #bad #care #cry

God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#everything #go #god #happen #learning

My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#bathroom #car #groceries #kids #out