Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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• The future is always the same, and that is to win trophies - next season, in two and three years.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Future
  • Win
  • Season

• Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Interesting
  • Woman
  • Wonder

• From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Family
  • Kids
  • House

• Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • People
  • Religion
  • Quiet

• Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.

  

  Rachel Perry
  • Pretty
  • Hot
  • Too

• The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.

  

  Walter Russell Mead
  • People
  • Good
  • Why

• Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

  

  Ilya Ehrenburg
  • Character
  • Today
  • Knowledge

• Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Done
  • Character
  • Influence

• America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.

  

  Ferdinand Mount
  • America
  • Way
  • Most

• I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Money

• When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

  

  Walt Disney
  • People
  • Laugh
  • Mickey Mouse

• Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.

  

  Sam Wyly
  • Years
  • Order
  • Stock

• By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Excellence
  • Contemplation

• I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.

  

  M. J. Hyland
  • Think
  • Reading
  • Best

• Reform is the mission from which we shall not digress; it is an expression of belief and determination between us and our people. With the help of Allah, we will proceed forward in this promising national process within the natural progress of the life cycle and the development of people and nation.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
  • People
  • Life
  • Help

• I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.

  

  Lalu Prasad Yadav
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.

  

  Vaclav Klaus
  • Friends
  • Young
  • Face

• While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Age
  • Father
  • Education

• I don't think anyone, no matter what, can find perfect happiness until they understand exactly who they are and how every little thing they do can affect the world around them. I think perfect happiness would be a world where everyone is constantly striving to understand everyone else.

  

  John Corey Whaley
  • World
  • Perfect

• I love Neil Young. His songs were the first songs I learned to play, and I recommend anyone who is starting guitar to learn Neil Young songs first.

  

  Jesse Harris

• When in your last hour (think of this) all faculty in the broken spirit shall fade away, and sink into inanity - imagination, thought, effort, enjoyment - then will the flower of belief, which blossoms even in the night, remain to refresh you with its fragrance in the last darkness.

  

  Jean Paul
  • Night
  • Imagination
  • Effort

• Having no expectations is a really good thing.

  

  Alycia Debnam-Carey
  • Good

• The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

  

  Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
  • World
  • Country
  • Travel