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Quotes About Simple

It was at the highest point in the arc of a bridge that I became aware suddenly of the depth and bitterness of my feelings about modern life, and of the profoundness of my yearning for a more vivid, simple, and peaceable world.
~ John Cheever
I could be listening to Painted Red weave the stories of the saints in her rich roomy voice, and beginning to see how all those stories were in some way one story: a simple story about being alive, and being a man; a story that, simple as it was, couldn't itself be told.
~ John Crowley
Simple, consistent good habits lead to a life full of bountiful blessings.
~ Richard G. Scott
Of the significant and pleasurable experiences of life only the simplest are open indiscriminately to all. The rest cannot be had except by those who have undergone a suitable training.
~ Aldous Huxley
I'm pretty squeaky clean. No big tragedies in my childhood or adolescence or adulthood. I've had a very easygoing, simple life.
~ Vera Farmiga
One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better.
~ Iris Murdoch
I'm just living a normal life - a regular life, as people would call it. I'm enjoying it.
~ Prince Fielder
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread.
~ A. A. Milne
I was born and have ever remaind [sic] in the most humble walks of life.
~ Abraham Lincoln
I'm a simple guy. There's nothing fancy about my life.
~ Carlos Delgado
Day-to-day life is as simple as it is routine - though my days are often long and very busy.
~ Chelsea Manning
Grant me daily the grace of gratitude, to be thankful for all my gifts, and so be freed from artificial needs, that I might lead a joyful, simple life.
~ Edward Hays
The authorities make them hate him. Otsu, these people are simple. They're afraid of the government, so afraid that if it so decrees, they'll drive away their fellow villagers, even their own kin.
~ Eiji Yoshikawa
I felt my attention wandering off. It generally does at the phrase "mere child.
~ Elaine Dundy
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
I'm a pasta girl, and I like dishes that are easy, one-pot dishes that are really quick.
~ Gina Neely
I'm personally more of a low-maintenance type of person. I want things to be easy and quick, especially when it comes to getting dressed.
~ Shelley Hennig
I am a really quiet person. I just like to be with my children and my family and being home. I live one day at a time, enjoying the best of life, just living.
~ Miguel Cotto
I have a very quiet life. There's nothing weird.
~ George A. Romero
Radical politics tend to be simple minded.
~ Israel Horovitz
I always tell people I romanticize about doing something simple, like doing radio in northern California.
~ Craig Kilborn
I make very basic country rustic furniture.
~ Thomas Middleditch
Our food style is no fuss - no jus or froth - hearty food like your mum might cook for you, and seasonal.
~ Alice Levine
I believe that every one of us has a gift. And I believe that mine is the ability to take the complex and make it simple.
~ Robert Kiyosaki