Beauty is frightening,” they will tell you —Lazily you will arrangeA Spanish shawl on your shoulders,A red rose in your hair.”Beauty is simple,” they will tell you —Clumsily with a motley shawlYou will cover a...

I am living a simple life with a complicated mind and I have yet to find a state of mind where I feel safe with who I am, where I am, with what I do.

Be simple, don’t carry the baggage the past, open your hands, and let it go.

THE TRUTH OF THE VERY SMALLWhen he is born, a baby’s head is filled with the knowledge of space. The circumference of his skull is as infinite as the twirlings of the universe. His eyes...

‘The Immigrant Story,’ which took me about twenty-five years to write, was a very simple story, but I couldn’t think of how to tell it. Then twenty years after I started it, I found this...

I’ve learnt to gather simplicity from grasshoppers. I like their naive indecisive minds never knowing exactly when to stop chirping, and I envy their ability to be able to mingle with the green…

I don’t live that life anymore, it’s as simple as that.

Every time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature’s simple treasures, life and living need not be so...

With the case of running, it really is a case of get out, set yourself a distance, run it, and then do it again the next day. It’s tremendously simple.

Newlyweds, they have this ideal, this picture of what marriage is like, something similar of their favorite memories growing up. If only it were that simple.

When seeing the simple truth means recognizing that we’re in sin, we would rather see things as being complicated.

The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness. And real love–it’s less shiny than solid and simple.

I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way.

My proposal to re-establish diplomatic relations – not necessarily friendly relations, but diplomatic relations – is a sensible, simple, and straightforward approach that will finally get us off dead center.

I analyse in my own way, in very simple, no-jargon language. If somebody is talking in very complicated way, I never like that.

When I was a little kid I had a very different meaning of life; simple like a cup of tea with sugar and a piece of cake, today the whole world doesn’t give me that...

One of the things that’s beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It’s really important that we get focused on...

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not...

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to...

People think that the people in Hollywood have some master plan. They just make the movies that people go to see. I think it’s that simple. I promise you if people were lining up around...

All the signs were right. And when I mean all the sings were right, the only signs that we care about when we start a project of making a record is, do we have the...

To grow up under really simple circumstances, and to understand that certain things were ornamental… that made an impression on me as a child and is something I use.

There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life’s point of no return.

I wasn’t able to be that person for you, and I did a terrible thing. I feel awful about it. But there was something wrong between us from the start, as if we’d done the...

The Simple PathSilence is PrayerPrayer is FaithFaith is LoveLove is ServiceThe Fruit of Service is Peace

If there’s one thing government needs desperately, it’s the ability to quickly try something, pivot when necessary, and build complex systems by starting with simple systems that work and evolving from there, not the other...

If you look at the Earth without architecture, it’s sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in the broadest sense of the word, whether it’s a movie...

I walk the streets, take the train, it’s real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: ‘Oh, I’m so famous I can’t go places, because I created this mythology that I’m so famous I can’t...

In the coming days, I know there will be some reflecting on my time as mayor. Many of you will search to find what’s behind my decision. It’s simple. I have always believed that every...

The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanations of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of thinking that the facts are simple because simplicity is the goal of our...

We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street.

I am a complicated person with a simple life.

I just got a call one day from Ringo asking me if I wanted to go out on the tour. It was as simple as that. He was putting together this band and he heard...

I am a simple Buddhist monk – no more, no less.

Scientists have shown that pigs are capable of playing simple video games, learning from each other, and even learning names.

Ad un certo punto della vita non è la speranza l’ultima a morire, ma il morire è l’ultima speranza.

Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement, given when needed. An act of friendship. A passing smile.

You were right to come to see a dying man. It is right that these moments should have witnesses. Everyone has his dream; I would like to live till dawn, but I know I have...

But if you’re asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should...

It goes all the way back to ‘Psycho.’ Movies with twists like that are memorable because they’re so simple.

When you audition for shows in Hollywood, you go in, you do your scene, maybe you get an adjustment. It’s sort of easy, and a lot of times it just feels sort of rote and...

When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to...

Is multilateralism nothing more than a dodge for simple inaction?

Your flour is your dream and your bread is your fulfillment. The environment in which your flour is baked can influence the shape of your bread… Just take it as simple as that!

Ask. Trust. Give thanks. Simple right?

Never wish a legendary love; you don’t know who hard is to have a simple one.

I like to see photographs: I like to see my family. To me, when I open a basic browser, and it’s that very elegant silver simple user interface, I am unhappy. I don’t need elegant...

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true.

Whenever something is engineered as complex, it is designed to keep you simple.