Richard C. Miller famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing - but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.

  • If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.

  • It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.

  • A people of scholars, if they are physically degenerate, weak-willed and cowardly pacifists, will not storm the heavens, indeed, they will not be able to safeguard their existence on this earth.

  • The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.

  • The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. ... There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you're appointed by the king, they don't feel that they're responsible for the people. If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.

  • Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.

  • I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that.

  • I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.

  • Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.