Pastoral Resources

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies.

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.

Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.

I'm just experimenting with every different type of music you can imagine and seeing where my voice lies and what sounds best. I think when I do finally do the album it will be very eclectic - just loads of different stuff on it. That's what I am hoping.

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.