Simple Quotes

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

~ John Ruskin

To me, the fashion and architecture I like are very closely linked. Both should be clean and simple and without embellishment.

~ Leon Max

Simply by starting to cook again, you declare your independence from the culture of fast food. As soon as you cook, you start thinking about ingredients. You start thinking about plants and animals and not the microwave. And you will find that your diet, just by that one simple act, that is greatly improved.

~ Michael Pollan

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

~ Joyce Meyer

Interestingly, simple and ordinary experiences often provide the most important learning opportunities we ever have.

~ David A. Bednar

You could double the number of synaptic connections in a very simple neurocircuit as a result of experience and learning. The reason for that was that long-term memory alters the expression of genes in nerve cells, which is the cause of the growth of new synaptic connections.

~ Eric Kandel

Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one's voice.

~ Joseph B. Wirthlin

We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab the frozen dinners and the McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine.

~ Nicole Ari Parker

I like simple food, seasoned with just salt, pepper, oil and vinegar. Complicated food and complicated lives are never good.

~ Sirio Maccioni

We've gotten so far away from our food source. It's been hijacked from us. But if you get soil, plant something in it and water it, you can feed yourself. It's that simple.

~ Ron Finley

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity.

~ Padma Lakshmi

I believe that you can, by taking some simple and inexpensive measures, lead a longer life and extend your years of well-being. My most important recommendation is that you take vitamins every day in optimum amounts to supplement the vitamins that you receive in your food.

~ Linus Pauling

I only get fat when I eat food cooked by other chefs. At home, my wife does all the cooking. She makes simple things like soups and salads. We both like steamed tofu.

~ Alain Ducasse

Food plays a large part in our weekend, but on a Friday evening, I'll make us something simple for tea. I might have a wee glass of wine.

~ Victoria Pendleton

I would never be able to lead the insane lifestyle I do, traveling all over the world, if I wasn't eating food that was simple and healthy.

~ Alain Ducasse

Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.

~ L'wren Scott

My favorite comfort food would have be braised beef. You know, beef, slow-cooked in a Dutch oven or in a slow cooker until it falls apart with simple mushrooms, some onions and lots of fresh thyme and garlic.

~ Tyler Florence

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

~ Joseph Campbell

Secularism is categorically not saying that the religious may not speak out publicly or have a say in public life. It is about saying that religion alone should not confer a privileged say in public life, or greater influence on it. It really is as simple as that.

~ Richard Dawkins

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

~ Arnold H. Glasow

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.

~ Arnold Palmer

I'm going to do as much as I can with this life, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and ride my bike and hang out with friends.

~ Jill Scott

Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically.

~ Dave Barry

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.

~ Margaret Mead

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.

~ H. L. Mencken

I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal men, enough whiskey for three, and enough women for four.

~ Joel Rosenberg

We're very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world's best products and enriching people's lives.

~ Tim Cook

As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

~ Mary Lou Retton

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

~ Albert Einstein

The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.

~ Julian Casablancas

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

~ Mother Teresa

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.

~ Yanni

I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.

~ Kevin Deyoung

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.

~ Joseph Heller

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.

~ Barbara Jordan

History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale - from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to wearing a simple wristband - is designed to disrupt our everyday complacency and force people to think.

~ Hugh Evans

The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.

~ Kim Il-Sung

I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a heroic thing. Australia has a much murkier, much more complex view of its history. It's just full of all these open wounds we don't really know what to do with.

~ Nick Cave

I bought a Cartier nail bracelet to celebrate the fifth anniversary of my blog. It's an investment piece, but it's simple enough to wear every day, and it's something that will last forever.

~ Chiara Ferragni

The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but to make ordinary simple words do extraordinary things. To use the language that we all use and to make amazing things occur.

~ Graham Swift