John Rhys-Davies Quotes

I do not want to see a society where, should I ever have any, my granddaughters have their fingernails pulled out because they are wearing nail varnish.

John Rhys-Davies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: welsh
  • Birth: May 5, 1944

Topics

SocietyWantSeeOutWhereBecause

It's amazing what people will give away for free just to get rid of it.

John Rampton

PeopleAmazingFreeWillGiveGet

Differences exist in practice and organization between the Lord's Church and man-made institutions.

Russell M. Nelson

PracticeOrganizationChurchLord

When I'm working on something, even when I don't know exactly where it's going, I have a sense of what I'd like to make. So maybe doing things right is following that sense even when I stop trusting myself. The rightness is in the process, even if it doesn't match up with my plans.

Martine Syms

MyselfProcessDoingStopKnowUp

We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me!

Denis Leary

LiveMeWalkingCountryRightHim

The idea of sacrifice is integral to the John Henry myth. Heroic figures have to die in order for us to have our stories; we live and stand on their bones.

Colson Whitehead

LiveSacrificeStandDieBonesMyth

A couple of years after I arrived in Hollywood, everything that was Latino was fashionable, and years after, my thought is that we're not fashionable anymore. We're here to stay.

Antonio Banderas

ThoughtHollywoodLatinoEverything

If the right idea comes up, and it feels true to talk about somebody being in a truck, and that's the only way to tell the story, then I will reluctantly tell the story that way.

Shane McAnally

TruckStoryTrueWillWayTalk

Employees speak of being fearful opening emails and feeling increasingly helpless in the face of the deluge. Physiologically, we now know that the state of continuous disruption puts us into a constant state of hormone-induced stress.

Noreena Hertz

StressSpeakFaceEmployeesKnowUs

We shouldn't measure everything in terms of GDP figures or economics. There is something called quality of life.

Nigel Farage

LifeQualityEconomicsMeasureGDP

The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get 'yes' or 'no' votes. Your whole job is to either say 'yes' or 'no' and explain why.

Mark Kirk

JobToughYouSayWhyExplain

There's a powerful tendency to overcomplicate the whole notion of leadership.

Mark V. Hurd

LeadershipPowerfulWholeNotion

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

Julius Caesar

NatureEnoughLongGloryLivedBoth

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