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It’s all fun and games ‘till someone loses an eye, then it’s just fun you can’t see.

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

The more I see of men the more I like dogs.

A multicultural society does not reject the culture of the other but is prepared to listen, to see, to dialogue and, in the final analysis, to possibly accept the other’s culture without compromising its own.

If you aren’t just brought up in your tribe but interact with other people either directly or vicariously, through journalism and literature, you see what life is like from other points of view and are less likely to demonize them or dehumanize others and more likely to empathize with them.

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

‘Hurt Village‘ is based on a real housing project in Memphis, about three minutes away from the Lorraine Hotel where Dr. King was assassinated, so in my work I’m focusing on a very specific area in Memphis. I see ‘Hurt Village’ as a natural extension of ‘The Mountaintop.’

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.

The spectacles of experience; through them you will see clearly a second time.

I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva‘ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it.

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

I feel that people are basically trying to do their best in the world. Even when you see people making mistakes, you understand why they’re making a mistake. Everybody has flaws, everybody has demons, everybody has ghosts, but I think you watch people and you see everybody trying to do their best.

If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.

It’s always the crocodile you don’t see you have to worry about.

We must listen to the concerns of our people without dismissing them. When people see something wrong, there is something wrong. When our people see corruption, it means there is corruption. When our people see that their resources are being stolen by certain people, it means this is happening, and we should listen.

I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can’t hear, you somehow see.

One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.

Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

I see the world in black and white, and I don’t like compromising.

Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests.

If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.

I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

Art is the window to man’s soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.

A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

I’m always trying to turn things upside down and see if they look any better.

Once you ‘got‘ Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

Art is about changing what we see in our everyday lives and representing it in such a way that it gives us hope.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

When poor people get involved in a long conflict, such as a strike or a civil rights drive, and the pressure increases each day, there is a deep need for spiritual advice. Without it, we see families crumble, leadership weaken, and hard workers grow tired.

I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side.

Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You’ll see the difference it makes.

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.

My mother has always encouraged me to do what I love. When I started being interested in fashion, she was very supportive, bringing me to see exhibits and buying me books. And when I started my company, she was right there to help me!