Tilda Swinton Quotes

There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt - to me, anyway - is what makes you human, and without doubt, even the righteous lose their grip, not only on reality but also on their humanity.

Tilda Swinton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 5, 1960

Topics

MeRealityDoubtHumanityYouLose

All heiresses are beautiful.

John Dryden

Beautiful

The Right has such antiquated ideas - if they took charge, I think they'd want to close the parks, open the land up for development. It's an ongoing battle to keep the parks strong.

Robert Redford

IdeasStrongThinkBattleWantLand

Modern free-traders... embrace their ideal with a passion that makes Robespierre seem prudent. They embrace unbridled free trade, even as it helps China become a superpower.

Robert Lighthizer

PassionFreeEmbraceBecomeChina

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.

Steve Forbes

HomeAttitudeParentsAmericanHands

If you want to be traditionally published, then you most likely want to get a literary agent. To sign with an agent, you need to send them a query letter, but agents can get up to 20,000 query letters a year. With numbers like that, it helps to get in front of agents with every opportunity you have.

Tomi Adeyemi

OpportunityYearYouNumbersWant

My films don't have instant impact because they're dense with ideas that people have not thought about. It takes a while for the American public to wrap its head around some of the things I'm saying.

Michael Moore

PeopleIdeasSayingThoughtImpact

While the scars of the monstrous Civil War still remain, the wounds have closed since 1865, in large part, because of the civility of Grant and Lee.

Douglas Brinkley

WarScarsCivilityCivil WarBecause

One of the reasons I wanted to leave my position at Common Cause and return to politics was to regain the freedom to speak out politically - to not be constrained by a non-partisan organization.

Chellie Pingree

FreedomPoliticsOrganizationSpeak

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

Anne Sweeney

WorkGoodLeaderGreatFocusJob

I get a lot of kids distracted. Sometimes they got to go cover left field, but they're over here talking to me, getting an autograph.

Pedro Martinez

MeTalkingGoSometimesOverHere

When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

StupidProblemWorthYouSaidMay

I like to layer when I fly - the climate always changes from the airport to the plane to the new city.

Shay Mitchell

CityFlyNewAirportChangesAlways

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