Robert Boyle Quotes

All goes back to the earth, and so I do not desire pride of excess or power, but the contentments made by men who have had little: the fisherman's silence receiving the river's grace, the gardener's musing on rows.

I don't claim to have all the answers; after all, I'm just a comedian who reads a lot.

I'm totally normal. I think it's obnoxious when people demand limos or bodyguards. I eat at McDonald's or Taco Bell. My parents always taught us to be humble. We're not spoiled.

This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them. To have the stars above, the land to your left and the sea to your right and to realize of a sudden that in your heart, life has accomplished its final miracle: it has become a fairy tale.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

I am just a Flemish girl with her feet on the ground.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

I am not super-ambitious. I am not a classically amazing singer or anything.

I have no grand scheme.

I'm really just a country boy.

It don't take a lot to make me happy. I'm not spoiled like that.

I'm not that ambitious chick. I'm not chasing a cover of a magazine or an award. I've just never been that girl. I've always been very content with whatever God blessed me with and he's already blessed me with a lot.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

I'm not much of a show-off.

I'm not well read.

I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months.

I'm really quite simple.

I'm no genius.

I don't have any expectations as an actor, and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.

At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

I was suited for fame, and I mean that in the most non-egocentric way. I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature.

Some receivers are like sports cars: they have a lot of speed and flair. Me, I'm like an old pickup truck. I just bounce around and try to get the job done.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

I'm not intelligent. I'm not arrogant. I'm just like the people who read my books. I used to have a jazz club, and I made the cocktails and I made the sandwiches. I didn't want to become a writer - it just happened.