Ai Weiwei Quotes

Beijing's Olympics were very grand - they were trying to throw a party for the world, but the hosts didn't enjoy it. The government didn't care about people's feelings because it was trying to create an image.

Ai Weiwei

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: May 18, 1957

Topics

GovernmentPeopleWorldCareEnjoy

There was one where Gomez was on a Trapeze hanging by the legs upside down. I remember how much the backs of my knees would hurt until I got used to it. It was hard.

John Astin

Upside DownHurtRememberDownLegs

Offense cuts you off from God. We separate ourselves from the pipeline. I've never seen anything block blessings from Heaven except offense.

John Bevere

GodBlessingsYouHeavenNeverSeen

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.

Amelia Barr

KindnessWelcomeAlwaysFashionable

Then I went to radio with Sinatra and I watched that disappear.

Skitch Henderson

RadioDisappearThenWatchedSinatra

When I think of the love I feel for each member of our family, I sense, to a slight degree, the love that our Heavenly Father bears for His children.

Russell M. Nelson

FamilyLoveFatherChildrenThink

Over most of history, threats have come from nature - disease, earthquakes, floods, and so forth. But the worst now come from us. We've entered a geological era called the anthropocene. This started, perhaps, with the invention of thermonuclear weapons.

Martin Rees

NatureHistoryNowWorstInvention

Part of the desire to live in a post-racial world includes the desire not to have to talk about racism, which includes a false perception that if you are talking about race, then you're perpetuating the notion of race. I reject that.

Jordan Peele

LiveRacismWorldPerceptionTalking

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

Peter Marshall

LifeStrengthStrongDiamondsGrow

Sometimes when you're writing on a ukulele, you're in a totally new land, rhythmically or melodically.

Tift Merritt

WritingYouNewSometimesLand

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

Richie Sambora

SongLookSayTryWithinOff

It's nice to have a little bit of action in your world. Sometimes us actors go a couple months without working, it gets a little crazy. It's good to be busy.

Ryan Merriman

GoodCrazyWorldActionBusyNice

Ours is a God who waits. So who are we not to?

Greg Boyle

GodWhoOursWaits

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