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Justly Quotes (page 172)

Curiosity and irreverence go together. Curiosity cannot exist without the other. Curiosity asks, "Is this true?" "Just because this has always been the way, is the best or right way of life, the best or right religion, political or economic value, morality?" To the questioner, nothing is sacred. He detests dogma, defies any finite definition of morality, rebels against any repression of a free, open search of ideas no matter where they may lead. He is challenging, insulting, agitating,... Saul Alinsky
Elton John quote: "Don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player!"
Don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player! Elton John
Goldie Hawn quote: "Comedy breaks down walls. It frees us for just a moment from..."
Comedy breaks down walls. It frees us for just a moment from the ugliness of this world. Goldie Hawn
Neil Gaiman quote: "I sat in the dark and thought: There’s no big apocalypse. Just..."
I sat in the dark and thought: There’s no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones. Neil Gaiman
I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away? yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth's orbit? and wanted to shoot myself. Soren Kierkegaard
So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land! J. M. Barrie
James Patterson quote: "We're just not cut out for all this media circus crap. But..."
We're just not cut out for all this media circus crap. But then, you already knew that. James Patterson
Sherman Alexie quote: "I wasn't just defending myself. I was defending Indians, black..."
I wasn't just defending myself. I was defending Indians, black people, and buffalo. Sherman Alexie
In a solemn way, as if he had just thought of it, he said: The world is moving ahead. Yes, I said, it's moving ahead, but it's revolving around the sun. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Bob Dylan quote: "Don't Ask Me Nothing About Nothing, I Just Might Tell You the..."
Don't Ask Me Nothing About Nothing, I Just Might Tell You the Truth Bob Dylan
In quitting this strange world he has once again preceded me by just a little. That doesn't mean anything. For us convinced physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, albeit a persistent one Albert Einstein
Neil Gaiman quote: "You don't get explanations in real life. You just get moments..."
You don't get explanations in real life. You just get moments that are absolutely, utterly, inexplicably odd. Neil Gaiman
Miracles, contrary to popular belief, do not just happen. A miracle is the achievement of the impossible, and it is only when we put aside out greed, anger, pride and prejudice so that our minds are open and ready to accept it, that a miracle can occur. Julie Andrews
Maybe the theatre isn't any place for a reasonable human being after all. It keeps your emotions in such a constant state of upheaval. It's really terribly wearing. I wonder if I could stand it, one emotional upset after the other just going on and on for the rest of my life. Madeleine L'Engle
Philosophy, for Plato, is a kind of vision, the 'vision of truth'...Everyone who has done any kind of creative work has experienced, in a greater or less degree, the state of mind in which, after long labour, truth or beauty appears, or seems to appear, in a sudden glory - it may only be about some small matter, or it may be about the universe. I think that most of the best creative work, in art, in science, in literature, and in philosophy, has been a result of just such a moment. Bertrand Russell

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