Roger Dawson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

  • Oh when I was in love with you, Then I was clean and brave, And miles around the wonder grew How well did I behave. And now the fancy passes by, And nothing will remain, And miles around they'll say that I Am quite myself again.

  • Religion is not something separate and apart from ordinary life. It is life - life of every kind viewed from the standpoint of meaning and purpose: life lived in the fuller awareness of its human quality and spiritual significance.

  • Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

  • Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

  • I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

  • I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

  • Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.

  • When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

  • Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.