Imperviousness Quotes

I'm not made of glass.

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

We have to accept the world as it is, not as we'd have it to be.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

There are things that are not in your control and you will never be able to control them. You've got to accept that very quickly.

I'm not even against superheroes. It's not my cup of tea. But there's just this endless stream of them and they are so repetitious and suspend certain rules in a way that I don't find dramatically helpful. The imperviousness can be too much.

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to a person's nature by discovering the reasons for his or her imperviousness to certain impressions.

The Past is utterly indifferent to its worshippers.

I've got a thick skin.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

I've got thick skin.

I am not affected or carried away by success or failure.

Hope and fear cannot alter the season.

It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel like you're impervious to certain forces that the rest of us have to live with.

I never feel any pressure about a film. What is meant to happen will happen. I have seen failure as well as success several times.

Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?

The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

Some men are, in regard to ridicule, like tin-roofed buildings in regard to hail: all that hits them bounds rattling off; not a stone goes through.

We must take the world as it is and not as we would like it to be.

Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.

Another big moment in terms of that feeling was David Petraeus: if the director of the CIA can't get away with having a secret relationship, then what hope do you have? It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel like you're impervious to certain forces that the rest of us have to live with.

With longevity comes, 'Nothing is going to kill me; I cannot irreparably damage my career.' Those days are over. The most I can sustain are fender benders.

Nature is entirely indifferent to any reform. She perpetuates a fault as persistently as a virtue.