"I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal."

--

Source : John Buchan (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Buchan (Illustrated)”, p.1173, Delphi Classics

John Buchan

#Believe Quotes #Normal Quotes #Common Quotes

“Balance is good, because one extreme or the other leads to misery, and I've spent a lot of my life at one of those extremes.”
“The crew members for 'The Price Is Right' at night are the same guys who work 'Y&R' during the day. It's even in the same studio. I've been in the place for 15 years. So all the faces at 'The Price Is Right' are familiar.”
“German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors.”
“If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Happiness of heart can never be measured out and bundled up, it's intangible. We keep running after it, grasping for it, and the heat of our running so seldom brings it closer. But now and then there may be a moment. We look at something and know it is good and beautiful. Those moments are happiness.”
“Isn't it funny how we live inside the lies we believe?”

Source : A.S. King (2010). “Please Ignore Vera Dietz”, p.303, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Don't follow your passion, but always bring it with you.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Mike Rowe Talks About Stupid Platitudes, Presidential Runs, And How Following Your Passion Is Dumb". Interview with Brandon Morse, www.redstate.com. June 10, 2016.
“I think the hardest obstacles, actually, are probably ones I've put on myself. I push myself really hard, and I think that's why I've been able to accomplish certain things.”

You may also like:

Alfred Hitchcock
Film director
Arthur Miller
Playwright
Eric Ambler
Author
Gloria Steinem
Journalist
Henry James
Writer
James Buchan
Novelist
John Bunyan
Writer
John Hay Beith
Soldier
Robert Donat
Film actor