Quotes About Simplicity

So many use dad's name, saying 'Johnny Cash would not like this' or 'Johnny Cash would do this' or 'Johnny Cash would vote for... ' Please, let his actions speak for who he was: A simple, loving man who never supported hate or bigotry. He was non-political, and a patriot with no public political party affiliation.

I don't like dressing up, and I don't like putting on make-up or doing the red carpet. The only red carpet events I go to are if I'm supporting a friend.

To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise.

You don't have to know anything about art to appreciate it or to look at it. There aren't any hidden secrets or things that you're supposed to understand.

We just want to grow at a reasonable pace. Supreme hasn't changed for 20 years, and that feels very simple to me.

If you have an amazing sparkly dress or dramatic outfit, make sure you keep the accessories simple.

I want to sit and be less career oriented. Snowboard, dirt bike, mountain bike, surf. Just be human. To me, that's an important part of life.

My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it.

I still use quill and parchment. I do e-mails, and I write, but I don't go around surfing too much.

Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'

Ever since I got back surgery, everything in my life has been about reduction. I've got the lightest backpack I can carry and the lightest MacBook.

When it comes to romance, I'm really simple. I am really a 'dinner and a movie' type of person, and I love food, so surprise me and order something different or adventurous when it comes to food, and I'm like a kid at Halloween.

You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is.

I never thought about having a daughter, and then I had a daughter, and it was a remarkable thing. It was very different from having a son and your response to it. With a son, it's much more complex. And it's probably because of my stuff in the past. With a daughter, I was surprised at how simple it is.

I'm actually a bit of a technophobe, which surprises people. I like to stay unplugged as much as possible.

You can't mess around with young readers - you have to cut straight to the heart of the story. The character can be complex, the plot can have some surprises, but the emotions have to be clear.

My own skin-care ritual is quite simple and straightforward; I don't like a lot of fuss, surprisingly. My products are designed to make you look and feel better. I think there are a lot of men out there who want and need the same products.

I personally think that a bouquet of white roses is simple, chic, and surprisingly long-lasting.

Jesus often reminds his followers and friends to discern the difference between what matters and what doesn't; he urges a stripped-down, unencumbered life. And here, he recommends this type of life as a way of staying ready, being wide awake and prepared for what God brings next.

I don't fire up the prose. I just tell it straight and don't fool around with it.

Years later, I still wanted to give up friends, love, starry skies, fora house where no one was home, no one coming back, and all I could drink.

I'm just a baker. I don't claim to be anything else. Maybe once, maybe years ago, I was a different kind of human being. I've forgotten, I don't know for sure.

There was nothing to it. The Super Chief was on time, as it almost always is, and the subject was as easy to spot as a kangaroo in a dinner jacket.

When it's good it comes easy. Anything you have read or heard to the contrary is a lot of mishmash.