Trump uses the phrase 'America First,' only dimly aware that he is repeating a phrase from the interwar years and indifferent to its historic resonances. But he compulsively echoes that period - another time when leaders described the world in apocalyptic terms.
I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.
An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
My mother liked to command me to do things I found scary. I always wanted to stay home and read. My mother only ever wanted me to get away.
In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
Naivete is the real reason I applied to Juilliard. I wanted to study drama and not musical theater because I have a hard time dancing. I only applied there.
It's the adrenaline rush you only get from being in front of an audience. It's addictive.
My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
The evidence that I see around me in society indicates that not only is thinking very much out of favor, but I'm not sure that the last couple of generations - Generation X and Generation Next, or whatever you want to call them - even know what a thought is, having been raised to be women.
Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.
I had a certificate that said, 'Doctor of Mixology, Harvard University,' that I actually got from Harvard University. A friend of mine was a research assistant over there and it was one of those student or university perks and she brought me in on that. So I am a doctorate from Harvard and it only took me one afternoon.
I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none.
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
Someone I've always admired is Catherine O'Hara... I think she's one of the best actresses in the country, not only comedy. I just think she's just a step aside from everybody, she's just wonderful.
You can't worry if it's cold; you can't worry if it's hot; you only worry if you get sick. Because then if you don't get well, you die.
Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself.
I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically.
Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users.
Newlyweds, they have this ideal, this picture of what marriage is like, something similar of their favorite memories growing up. If only it were that simple.
One of the most important elements of my identity is my identity as a reader. I love to read - really, if I'm honest with myself, it's practically the only activity that I truly love to do.
Your success can't be determined by your surname but only by your work.
The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.
Somebody has to be on stage, and some people have to be in the audience. That's the only difference. Don't put any thought as to why you are on the stage or how you need to be 'better' than the people in the audience. You aren't better. You're simply the speaker.
How can you live the high life if you do not wear high heels? I don't understand why women wear these ballet pumps. They are only good if you walk like a ballet dancer, and only ballet dancers do that.
Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea.
It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.
But for the time being, I've only learned one cake recipe and how to make scrambled eggs.
Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down.
I want to poke holes in the erroneous beliefs about what fame provides. It won't raise your self-esteem, it won't create profound connection, it's not going to heal your childhood traumas, it's only going to amplify them. You're going to be subject to a lot of criticism and praise, both of which are violent in their own ways.
Democracy is the only civilized way to govern a country.
