Quotes about Contentment, page 61

And if you're a journalist, surely the thing that you should be writing is the truth, or at least checking your facts.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

And that wasn't a problem coming out of the closet at all. My parents accepted it. I had, you know, I was very lucky in that respect.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

But, you know, those three words - I need help. If only I'd said them earlier.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

I do like Britney Spears. I think she's cute. I think she's fun. And I like her records. You know, I'm not a pop snob whatsoever. I think she makes great pop records.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

I spend my money but I don't, you know, I do - I'm a lavish kind of guy, and that's the way I am.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking drugs, sitting in my room, doing bad things, whatever.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

There are so many other issues that, you know, people are - breast cancer, which I'm also very involved in and raising money for.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough.

Quote by Elton John about contentment

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about contentment

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about contentment

Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about contentment

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about contentment

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about contentment

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about contentment

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about contentment