G. M. Trevelyan Quotes
Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
Quotes to Explore
-
The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.
-
We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
-
On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
-
I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
-
How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
-
We were descended from royalty.
-
I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
-
That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
-
Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
-
This love is silent.
-
Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
-
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
-
I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
-
The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
-
Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
-
My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
-
Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
-
Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest tribe: full of events, full of crisis and deaths, but life is always cyclical, and the year ends as it begins.
-
I think if you've suffered, if you've experienced loss, you're probably more open to understanding it and more comfortable talking about it and experiencing it.
-
A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional objectivity. It would be more nearly true to say that it is based upon wonder, adventure and hope.
-
I think the American people want a solemn ass as a President and I think I will go along with them.
-
… I really hate big laptops. I can't understand people who lug around 15' (or 17'!) monsters. The right weight for a laptop is 1kg, no more.
-
It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.
-
Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
