Quotes 1481 till 1500 of 2137.
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The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.
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The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
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The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
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The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.
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The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.
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The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
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The bad thing about young people starting a company is that sometimes they do it for the wrong reasons or because they have the wrong skill set, but the good thing is that they don't have any of the old paradigms baked into them, so they have a lot of the bright new ideas that are harder to come by as you get older.
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The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?
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The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.
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The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.
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The best effect of any book, is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
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The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.
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The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.
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The best training any parent can give a child is to train the child to train himself.
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The best way will be to avoid each other without appearing to do so - or if we jostle, at any rate not to bite.
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