Rebecca West Quotes

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves.

Rebecca West

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: December 21, 1892 - March 15, 1983

Topics

TrustPeopleBelieveSayPeople Say

In the developed world, we are surrounded by electronics - from the computers on our desks to the smart phones in our pockets to the thermostats in our homes to our data in the virtual cloud.

Joe Kaeser

SmartWorldComputersDataCloud

You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.

Jim Caviezel

PeopleMeBelieveYouKnowActor

I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona - no lime. If the phone rings, I won't answer until I'm done.

Maya Angelou

DogLovePhoneDoneHotAnswer

I do actually believe in love. I can't say that I'm 100 percent successful in that department, but I think it's one of the few worthwhile human experiences. It's cooler than anything I can think of right now.

Trent Reznor

LoveBelieveThinkI CanNowSay

Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable of doing so.

Roald Dahl

ChildrenDoingMy OwnNeverCapable

People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don't want to know nothing about you!

Don Johnson

FailureBusinessPeopleAlcoholYou

I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them.

Chris Cooper

MyselfCallCombinationAwareBeen

If I was a marginal guy or a practice squad player or a career-long special teamer, you take a hell of a lot less hits in those roles.

Chris Borland

PracticeHellYouSquadSpecialGuy

My sister's tall, thin, model-esque.

Chrissy Metz

SisterTallThin

None can less afford to delay than the aged sinner. Now is the time. Now or never. You have, as it were, one foot already in the grave. Your opportunities will soon be over. Strive, then, I entreat you, to enter in at the strait gate.

Archibald Alexander

TimeOpportunitiesYouStriveNever

When I was a player, I wanted to win the Ballon d'Or, but I knew my characteristics; I knew that it was impossible.

Antonio Conte

WinImpossibleKnewPlayerWanted

You have to expect spiritual warfare whenever you stand up for righteousness or call attention to basic values. It's just a matter of light battling the darkness. But the light wins every time. You can't throw enough darkness on light to put it out.

Thomas Kinkade

TimeLightDarknessSpiritualStand

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