Latest Quotes

“Don’t buy things you can’t afford with money you don’t have to impress people you don’t like.”

— Graham Stephan, Why I'm a Financial Minimalist

“I didn’t want to stay so long to where I couldn’t leave.”

— Leslie Jones, Comedian Leslie Jones on Leaving ‘SNL,’ Getting Catfished, and Smoking a ‘Booger Blunt’ With Snoop Dogg

“Ain’t no sweeter way to take the chill off.”

— Talia Parnass, The top trends for February 2020 on Pinterest

“Nine in 10 Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in their personal life, a new high in Gallup's four-decade trend. The latest figure bests the previous high of 88% recorded in 2003.”

— Justin McCarthy, New High of 90% of Americans Satisfied With Personal Life

“The question then becomes, how much attention should we pay to yet another absurdly wealthy businessperson conferring their extracted resources to other rich people and away from what we may believe are worthier projects?”

— Cassie Da Costa, Oprah Winfrey’s 2020 Is Off to a Terrible Start. Is Her Empire in Trouble?

“I think the future (or a future) of design is in the creation of tools rather than the creation of the design.”

— Kiel Danger Mutschelknaus, The future of design is in the creation of tools...

“I wanted to show the sprawling messiness of this situation—to show how it bleeds into anything familiar to you and me as well; and also to eradicate the easy sense of hope.”

— Jason Pine, The Rise and Fall of America’s Rural Meth Labs

“The intense backlash apparently made Jameela feel the need to come out, which should never be the case. Each person should feel comfortable coming out on their own time, if they feel safe doing so.”

— Brittney McNamara, Jameela Jamil Came Out As Queer In A Post On Twitter

“I believe much of the divisiveness in the world has been caused by religion, even in the time of Spartacus when they worshipped many gods. What is the purpose of religion? After ninety-five years on this planet, I have come to the conclusion that religion should be based on only one thing: helping y…”

— Kirk Douglas, I Am Spartacus!

“What remains are not the cold facts of life, but how we perceive them. That's really who we are.”

— Kirk Douglas, The Ragman's Son

“So they became superpatriots. And to prove themselves right-minded, they were more than willing to sacrifice the lives of others, even their fellow Jews. They were like the Vichy government in France, collaborators who held on to their influence and position at the expense of their fellow countrymen…”

— Kirk Douglas, I Am Spartacus!

“The biggest spur to my interest in art came when I played van Gogh in the biographical film Lust For Life. The role affected me deeply. I was haunted by this talented genius who took his own life, thinking he was a failure. How terrible to paint pictures and feel that no one wants them. How awful it…”

— Kirk Douglas, Climbing the Mountain

“Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice. The bad films everybody was high on. The good films, they advised me against.”

— Kirk Douglas, Interview with Kirk Douglas | Interviews | Roger Ebert

“I love champions. A champion has something special about him.”

— Kirk Douglas, Interview with Kirk Douglas | Interviews | Roger Ebert

“Compared to Thoreau, Saint Francis of Assisi was peanuts.”

— Kirk Douglas, Interview with Kirk Douglas | Interviews | Roger Ebert

“The foreign directors are always fumbling about in obscurity, and the critics are always writing about the juxtaposition of black and white and the existential dilemma and all that shit, to disguise the fact that they don't understand the first damn thing about it, either.”

— Kirk Douglas, Interview with Kirk Douglas | Interviews | Roger Ebert

“I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. I responded to that in making the picture. I put a lot of warmth into that character. Those immigrants were tough, more intensive than people are these days.”

— Kirk Douglas, Interview with Kirk Douglas | Interviews | Roger Ebert

“Don't crucify me because of what your idea of a movie star is. I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.”

— Kirk Douglas, Interview with Kirk Douglas | Interviews | Roger Ebert

“Hollywood is make-believe, and that’s confusing.”

— Kirk Douglas, Kirk Douglas

“I was not a tough guy. I just acted like one.”

— Kirk Douglas, Kirk Douglas