Plato Quotes
The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.Plato
Quotes to Explore
-
I keep my perfume in the fridge. If someone sees me in the morning pushing aside the eggs to grab my perfume, it might look a little odd, but it's so refreshing to spray cold fragrance on your skin.
Becki Newton -
Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.
Salma Hayek -
All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.
Iain Duncan Smith -
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Saint Augustine -
Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
Jackie Evancho -
Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box market that lets consumers connect to the Internet via their televisions.
Adam Ostrow
-
My mother, as a girl, had remembered this woman from Maine, someone who was part of the extended family somehow, and I recall her talking about this great, risk-taking woman. There are the most amazing, heroic stories in everybody's lives.
Patricia MacLachlan -
A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
Adam Draper -
When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.
Oscar Robertson -
An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
Daniel Cormier -
I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
Rachel Platten
-
I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
Gavin Newsom -
When I got married in Bucharest, there were 10,000 people on the street. People didn't go to work that day. It was emotional to see how people care about you. I didn't expect that.
Nadia Comaneci -
If we have the intent to use the military only when needed, then that also becomes, then, therefore, a credible deterrent.
Jack Keane -
Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
N. Murray Edwards -
There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
Jack Kemp -
I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.
Harold Prince
-
Some people don't believe in aliens. I do believe in aliens. But I believe they gave up on people a long time ago. Wouldn't you? I think there's a few liberal aliens out there, still hangin' in,
Joe Rogan -
The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict.
Andrew Bernstein -
Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space.
Walter Lang -
Gray space is fertile ground for fiction. When I can see both sides of an argument and feel strongly in both directions, then there's a story there, then I can write real characters that I care about and believe in and champion on both sides.
Kelly Sue DeConnick -
No excuses. Play like a champion.
Kelley O'Hara -
The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
Plato