Quotes about everything
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“I think the scariest things are hidden in plain view, meaning you can see something and your intuition will tell you there's something not right about this person or there's something about this situation that my gut is telling me isn't right and your rational mind will say "just get over it, everything is fine, you're fine."”

Chantal Quesnel (1971) Canadian actress

Something could be so scary because it's right there, it's hidden in plain sight, and that to me is the psychology of fear.
Con Men Interviews: Fiona Dourif, Chantal Quesnel, Danielle Bisutti on Curse of Chucky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBb8r-vhFoU (August 19, 2013)

Greg McKeown (author) photo
Ernest Hemingway photo

“Remember everything is right until it's wrong. You'll know when it's wrong.'
'You think so?”

'I'm quite sure. If you don't it doesn't matter. Nothing will matter then.'
Colonel John Boyle and David in Ch. 7
The Garden of Eden (1986)

Madonna photo

“I'm everything!”

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress

http://madonnascrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/10/im-everything-entertainment-news-report.html.

“The word permanent... had its own kind of revenge on
those who misused it, for the Bible said that nothing was
permanent and everything came and went.”

Janet Frame (1924–2004) New Zealand author

To the Is-land, chap. 2, ‘‘In the Second Place’’, 1982

Ferdinand Foch photo

“In war there are none but particular cases; everything has there an individual nature; nothing ever repeats itself.
In the first place, the data of a military problem are but seldom certain; they are never final.”

Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929) French soldier and military theorist

Everything is in a constant state of change and reshaping.
Source: Precepts and Judgments (1919), p. 152

Robert G. Ingersoll photo

“These men are the enemies of science—of intellectual progress. They ridicule and calumniate the great thinkers. They deny everything that conflicts with the “sacred Scriptures.””

Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer

They still believe in the astronomy of Joshua and the geology of Moses. They believe in the miracles of the past, and deny the demonstrations of the present. They are the foes of facts—the enemies of knowledge. A desire to be happy here, they regard as wicked and worldly—but a desire to be happy in another world, as virtuous and spiritual.
The Truth (1896)

Camille Paglia photo

“Everything great in western culture has come from the quarrel with nature.”

Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), p. 28

Massin Akandouch photo
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John the Evangelist photo

“For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.”

John the Evangelist (10–98) author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author o…

1 John 2:16 NIV
First Letter of John

Trevor Noah photo
Henri-Frédéric Amiel photo
William Blake photo
Harbhajan Singh photo
Confucius photo

“I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Walter Cronkite photo

“I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything hes got.”

Walter Cronkite (1916–2009) American broadcast journalist

Source: Free the Airwaves! (2002)

Gautama Buddha photo
Sai Baba of Shirdi photo
Rumi photo
Chulpan Khamatova photo
C. P. Scott photo

“Truth like everything else should be economised.”

C. P. Scott (1846–1932) British journalist, publisher and politician

Attributed by Malcolm Muggeridge in his suppressed novel Picture Palace (1934), quoted in The Political Diaries of C. P. Scott, 1911–1928, ed. Trevor Wilson (1970), p. 27
Attributed

Lawrence M. Krauss photo

“Science is empirical: knowing the answer is nothing. Testing your knowledge means everything.”

Lawrence M. Krauss (1954) American physicist

"A Universe From Nothing" by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo#t=23m40s (23:40-23:48)

John Mulaney photo
Caren Marsh Doll photo
John Mulaney photo

“I was raised Catholic. I don't know if you can tell that from the everything about me.”

John Mulaney (1982) American actor and comedian

The Comeback Kid (2015)

“I think that behind everything in life there is a wisdom: God has his own plans.”

Ibrahim Ibrahim (bishop) (1962) Melkite Greek Catholic bishop of Canada

Bishop Ibrahim' Message to the new Parish in Windsor, ON. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yp2sz1dHLA (14 November 2015)

Ruzbihan Baqli photo

“From the Throne to the earth is the creation of God Most High; everything but his existence is his action. He brought them into existence from pure non-being.”

Ruzbihan Baqli (1128–1209) Persian poet, mystic, and Sufi

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002), p.112

Paulo Coelho photo
Martin Buber photo

“God … demands everything, in order to give everything anew to him who loves Him, after that loving has truly given up all.”

Martin Buber (1878–1965) German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian

Source: For The Sake of Heaven (1945), p. 45

Edward Everett Hale photo

“I am only one, but I am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do. And by the grace of God, I will”

Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) American author and Unitarian clergyman

Statement published in A Year of Beautiful Thoughts‎ (1902) by Jeanie Ashley Bates Greenough, p. 172, Third statement for June 11. This has often been misattributed to Helen Keller in some published works since at least 1980, perhaps because she somewhere quoted it.
Variant:
I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
The Book of Good Cheer : A Little Bundle of Cheery Thoughts‎ (1909) by Edwin Osgood Grover, p. 28; also in Masterpieces of Religious Verse (1948) by James Dalton Morrison, p. 416, where it is titled "Lend a Hand"

Paulo Coelho photo
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Donald J. Trump photo

“we have done an incredible job, everything is under control”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

referring to the United states handling of the Covid Pandemic
interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaaTZkqsaxY by w:Jonathan Swan of Axios on w:HBO
2020, August 2020

Donald J. Trump photo

“Look, I take responsibility always for everything because it's ultimately my job, too. I have to get everybody in line.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

As quoted by * 2020-07-19
Trump pushes back against critics on coronavirus, addresses whether he will accept election results in exclusive interview
Ronn Blitzer
Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pushes-back-against-critics-on-coronavirus-addresses-whether-he-will-accept-election-results-in-exclusive-interview
2020, July 2020

Jay Shetty photo

“When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.”

Jay Shetty (1987) internet personality

Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day

“They learn nothing, for they’re convinced they know everything that matters.”

Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) American fiction writer

Source: The Margarets (2007), Chapter 24, “I Am M’urgi/On B’Yurngrad” (p. 196)

Joe Armstrong photo

“Everything is interesting, everything does connect, but anything don't work.”

Joe Armstrong (1950–2019) British computer scientist

The How and Why of Fitting Things Together

Prevale photo

“You can not change what has been, but you can feel good "Here and now", if you do everything for a better future.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Non puoi cambiare ciò che è stato, ma puoi stare bene "Qui e ora", se fai di tutto per un futuro migliore.
Source: prevale.net

Prevale photo

“An intelligent person questions everything, even himself.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Una persona intelligente mette in discussione tutto, anche se stessa.
Source: prevale.net

Tyler Eifert photo

“In this world of turmoil, I still believe in one thing strongly and that’s the flag and everything our country was built on.”

Tyler Eifert (1990) American football player, tight end

Why I Stand https://medium.com/@tylereifert/whyistand-95bbe57a2436 (September 9, 2017)

James Doolittle photo

“It was a dangerous area, for certain. There were saloons, prostitutes, everything. The real Wild West. There was no law to speak of; everyone carried weapons, and they used them. Gambling was rampant, and crime increased with the growing population.”

James Doolittle (1896–1993) United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient

On the memories of his childhood place of Nome, Alaska in an 1993 interview, "The Extraordinary Life Of Aviation Legend Jimmy Doolittle" https://allthatsinteresting.com/jimmy-doolittle

“It’s been a great joy for me to have been here as the bishop, a true gift from the Lord, not that everything has been perfect, because no life is perfect. But if I put everything on a scale, I have to say that the scale goes way up here to the good.”

Paul Loverde (1940) American Roman Catholic bishop

Bishop Loverde expresses joy, gratitude on eve of retirement https://www.catholicherald.com/news/local_news/bishop_loverde_expresses_joy,_gratitude_on_eve_of_retirement/ (November 29, 2016)

Mooji photo

“Everything you can perceive comes and goes, including your own body. You are the one looking at time, objects, and even thoughts and emotions.”

Mooji (1954) Jamaican spiritual teacher

Greater than Sky, Vaster than Space, (2018), Part I

James Howard Kunstler photo

“Everything can tend toward diminishing returns and unsustainability, […] even in the short term.”

Source: The Long Emergency (2005), Chapter 7, p. 240.

Viktor Pinchuk photo
Gabriel Byrne photo

“We now prefer the fantasy…We find comfort in the lies. I was the victim of that for so long. I imbibed everything. It led to a place where I became extremely unhappy. And now I question everything. I believe it’s a responsibility to do it.”

Gabriel Byrne (1950) Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator

On how people forgo truthful living for lies in “Gabriel Byrne: 'There’s a shame about men speaking out. A sense that if you were abused, it was your fault'” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/08/gabriel-byrne-its-an-obscenity-to-tell-innocent-children-theyre-going-to-hell in The Guardian (2020 Nov 8)

Gerolf Annemans photo

“In the EU people think that everything revolves around money.”

Gerolf Annemans (1958) Flemish politician

Gerolf Annemans (VB): "We cannot continue to struggle with a socialist, soft-left policy like today" https://palnws.be/2021/08/gerolf-annemans-vb-we-kunnen-niet-blijven-sukkelen-met-een-socialistisch-soft-links-beleid-zoals-vandaag/

Mary Elizabeth Winstead photo
Chloé Zhao photo
Justine Greening photo

“Women and children are vulnerable to brutal violence and some have lost everything... We cannot ignore what is happening to the Syrian people.”

Justine Greening (1969) British politician

Syria conflict: UK pledges extra £100m https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25743571 BBC News (15 January 2014)
2014

Joe Armstrong photo

“Google knows everything about us but we know nothing about Google.”

Joe Armstrong (1950–2019) British computer scientist

The forgotten advantage of concurrent programming

Nithyananda photo
Ayuel Monykuch photo
Ayuel Monykuch photo
Simu Liu photo

“I have days where I really feel sexy and on top of the world, and I have days where I don’t. But more than everything I can be at peace with who I am as a whole—my charisma, my humor, my soul.”

Simu Liu (1989) Chinese-born Canadian actor

"Simu Liu Responds to the Chinese Criticism He Was 'Too Ugly' to Play Shang Chi" in Men's Health (19 May 2021) https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a36447247/simu-liu-china-criticism/

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya photo

“I call on the U.S.A. to be with us. It’s very important when a regime is destroying everything in Belarus, destroying mass media, destroying all the organizations, it’s extremely important to support all those people.”

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (1982) Belarusian politician and educator

"Belarusian Opposition Leader Hopes to Spur Action During Washington Visit" in Voice of America https://www.voanews.com/a/europe_belarusian-opposition-leader-hopes-spur-action-during-washington-visit/6208416.html (19 July 2021)

Democritus photo

“Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.”

Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Faiz Ahmad Faiz photo
Janis Paige photo

“Even at 95, I remember everything. Closure is never complete. I didn’t ask for Hollywood, it discovered me.”

Janis Paige (1922) actress

Harassment in Hollywood's Golden Age: A Survivor's Firsthand Story (Guest Column) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harassment-hollywoods-golden-age-survivor-janis-paiges-first-hand-story-1052498 (October 27, 2017)

Imbolo Mbue photo

“It's so hard to be a stranger in a strange land. I don't think most people understand how difficult it is to leave behind what you know and come to a country where everything about you is considered "different."”

Imbolo Mbue (1982) Cameroonian writer

On being a stranger in “Oprah Talks to Behold the Dreamers Author Imbolo Mbue” http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/oprahs-book-club-imbolo-mbue-interview-august-2017-o-magazine#ixzz65IgPILHu in O Magazine

“If an election can cause us to lose everything, what is it exactly that we have in the first place?”

Michael Horton (theologian) (1964) American theologian

What Are Evangelicals Afraid of Losing? (2018)

Viktor Tsoi photo
Simone Biles photo

“Life just happens so quickly and now I have a greater appreciation for life after everything that's happened in the last five years.”

Simone Biles (1997) American gymnast

"Simone Biles tells Hoda she's 'keeping the door open' for Olympic return" in Today (4 August 2021) https://www.today.com/news/simone-biles-talks-hoda-kotb-about-tokyo-olympics-medal-t227271?cid=sm_npd_td_tw_ma

Example (musician) photo

“And I love being under the influence,
under the influence of you
And your voice sounds like it's an instrument
Everything you say rings true”

Example (musician) (1982) English rapper and singer

"Under the Influence" (song)
("Under the Influence" on YouTube (with lyrics)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Ow3lFtNhI
Studio albums, Playing in the Shadows (2011)

Bill Maher photo
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Samuel Butler photo

“The consistency of my body has changed and I quite like that. Everything has gone softer and gentler, and my ease with how I look is powerful—what I consider beautiful really helps me to grow old.”

Tan Kheng Hua (1963) Singaporean actress

"Tan Kheng Hua opens up about romance, sexuality and Asian representation in Hollywood" in Vogue (27 September 2020) https://vogue.sg/tan-kheng-hua-opens-up-about-romance-sexuality-and-asian-representation-in-hollywood/

John Mulaney photo