Difficult Things famous quotes

If you don't realize there is always somebody who knows how to do something better than you, then you don't give proper respects for others' talents.

Marx was wrong. Religion is not the opiate of the people. Opium suggests something soporific, numbing, dulling. Too often religion has been an aphrodisiac for horror, a Benzedrine for bestiality. At its best it has lifted spirits and raised spires. At its worst it has turned entire civilizations into cemeteries.

Alas! it is not the child but the boy that generally survives in the man.

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.

I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really love riding horses.

Life isn't measured in minutes, but in heartbeats.

You have to know the human heart.

You're never rude,' she said, smiling, 'and I think it's good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care.

Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial.