Top 1200 Keep It Simple Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies.

The mind being, as I have declared, furnished with a great number of the simple ideas conveyed in by the senses, as they are found in exterior things, or by reflection on its own operations, take notice, also, that a certain number of these simple ideas go constantly together... which, by inadvertency, we apt afterward to talk of and condier as one simple idea.

We must not pull away from our children. We must keep trying, keep reaching, keep praying, keep listening. We must keep them within the clasp of our arms.

To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman genius is required. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all error, but from silly error.

I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That's just the way I like it.

I like to keep things deceptively simple, but hard-hitting. You can reduce everything to the perfect, essential harmony. It's what used to be done with earlier music like Gregorian chants.

Too many commercials. Too many lies. Too many celebrities. I don't recognize. Too many brand names. Too many magazines. I got so much sensation, I can't feel a thing. Simple. Living. Got to get to simple - living. Simple living. Simple... simply living.

Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn't mean it is simple.

Keep a sharp lookout upon your materials; get rid of every pound of material you can do without; put to yourself the question what business has it to be there?, avoid complexities, and make everything as simple as possible.

Simple colours can affect the intimate feelings with all the more force because they are simple.

Basically, country is my kind of music - the simple melody, the simple lyrics.

Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words.

For me, it's really like, okay, if you go far with the unexpected materials and unexpected proportions or volumes, then keep the colors quite simple and straightforward for men.

Sometimes I like to be more simple - simple colours, to be completely empty.

Prayer is simple, as simple as a child making known its wants to it parents.

My father was a simple man; my mother was a simple woman; you see the result standing in front of you, a simpleton.

The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so Im able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

Like all rice, black rice is great at absorbing flavours, but it's just as happy to act as a satiny bed for a poached egg, say, if you want to keep things simple.

Football isn't nuclear physics, but it's not so simple that you can make it simple. It takes some explaining to get it across.

Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you don't need anything fancy to make food delicious: just a knife, a cutting board, and some good nonstick cookware, and you're set.

Arriving at a simple piece of music is a very difficult balance because, in being simple, you could easily be banal, so maybe it's more difficult to write a simple piece of music than a 12-tone piece where no one understands exactly what it is about.

I tell aspiring young skaters to dream big, work hard, have fun, and follow their passion. It's simple to say never give up, but learn from your mistakes to keep growing.

And do not change. Do not divert your love from visible things. But go on loving what is good, simple and ordinary; animals and things and flowers, and keep the balance true.

Libertarians understand a very simple fact of life: Government doesn't work. It can't deliver the mail on time, it doesn't keep our cities safe, it doesn't educate our children properly.

You've got to keep things simple. Just identify what you need to do to launch, figure out what resources you need, and surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you!

People hate what they don't understand and try to destroy it. Only try to keep yourself clear and don't allow that destructive force to spoil something that to you is simple, natural, and beautiful.

Success lies in a masterful consistency around a few fundamentals. It really is simple. Not easy. But simple.

Those who submit to the Lord with simple heart will run the good race. If they keep their minds on a leash, they will not draw the wickedness of the demons onto themselves.

It is easy to be accurate if you have the freedom to be complicated, and it is very easy to be simple if you have the freedom to shade the truth. What's hard is to be simple and very accurate, and that takes work to figure out what are the simple truths that are going to sustain your case.

Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.

You don't need to be an expert in order to achieve satisfactory investment returns. But if you aren't, you must recognize your limitations and follow a course certain to work reasonably well. Keep things simple and don't swing for the fences.

My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and the I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I'm after.

I am a simple person; I come from a very simple home. We believe in enjoying life and what we have.

If our brains were simple enough for us to understand them, we'd be so simple that we couldn't.

I still dream about doing something simple, very simple and universal.

Free men must live simple lives and have simple pleasures.

I like the simple things. I don't know why. I'm that way. I came from a simple place.

The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.

Simple questions--and simple answers--were what we needed in life. That was what Mma Ramotswe believed. Yes.

I let Brel into my world. What I like about him is the simplicity of his language. It's not so simple to be simple.

The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical consequences is hay. Nobody knows who invented hay, the idea of cutting grass in the autumn and storing it in large enough quantities to keep horses and cows alive through the winter. All we know is that the technology of hay was unknown to the Roman Empire but was known to every village of medieval Europe. Like many other crucially important technologies, hay emerged anonymously during the so-called Dark Ages.

The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so I'm able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.

I would say that my idea of style and my taste are the same as when I began: They express my deep appreciation of all that is simple and linear... I always want to keep up with the times but without altering the essential characteristics of my philosophy.

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.

1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut. 5. Sound like yourself. 6. Say what you mean to say. 7. Pity the readers.

What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.

Sure, it's simple, writing for kids... Just as simple as bringing them up.

The only problem I have with American money is that it's all kind of the same color, so I'm always having to look. Whereas with Australian money, you have purple, blue, yellow... We keep it nice and simple.

In Gillette's case, they keep surfing along new technology which is fairly simple by the standards of microchips. But it's hard for competitors to do. So they've been able to stay constantly near the edge of improvements in shaving.

Let me tell you something: I'm a simple person who lives a simple life.

I'm not a guy who makes five or 10 moves. I'm just more of a simple, straight-line driver, just try to be crafty with my dribble and keep it tight.

I don't normally get too excited. I just - yeah, I just try and keep it pretty simple, and that's just my personality, really.

The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.

What is Zen? Simple, simple, so simple. Infinite gratitude toward all things past; infinite service to all things present; infinite responsibility to all things future.

The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn't simple.