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George Berkeley Quotes

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

George Berkeley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: irish
Birth: March 12, 1685 - January 14, 1753

Topics

Men View Common Sense Back First

If we can believe in our own value, then we won't try to denigrate and diss and just roast women all the time.

Women Time Value Believe Try Own

Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage!

Me Three Manager Stage Rehearsal He

I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period.

Family Happiness I Am Friends Real

Build a rocket ship and leave the earth!

Ship Earth Build Leave Rocket

Everyone should have ten megabits and then the web will be a wonderful thing.

Will Everyone Wonderful Web Ten

I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.

Thought Doing You Intellectual Try

Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people.

Douglas Coupland

Dating People Financial Speed

My general working style is to write everything first with pencil and paper, sitting beside a big wastebasket. Then I use Emacs to enter the text into my machine.

Style Sitting Write First Pencil

I would love to direct a feature and have Robert Connolly produce it. That would be really fab.

Love Would Direct Really Feature

Certainly working with teens keeps me up to date with language and with certain kinds of thinking. I often feel like I have to go back to that 17-year-old Chris Crutcher, and that forms the core voice. I can draw on teens from 1964 to 2001 to find a part of the voice I need.

Me Voice Thinking Language Feel Go

It's not what you spend but how you wear it that counts. The key is often to dress up inexpensive basics with accessories. Something like a beautiful designer bag or belt can make everything else look richer and more luxurious.

Beautiful Dress Key Bag You Look

The ability to communicate with everybody, regardless of who are you are, is a great thing.

Great You Ability Great Thing Who

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