John Hume Quotes

I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely.

John Hume

• Time
• History
• Question

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Up
  • World
  • Work

• Figure out what you're good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project.

  

  Naval Ravikant
  • People
  • Good
  • Long

• Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Always
  • More
  • Laugh

• For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • People
  • Same
  • Circumstances

• There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • Moments
  • Lot
  • Mindless

• I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.

  

  Adam Beach
  • People
  • Success
  • Meaning

• I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • Power
  • Learned
  • Market

• A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • You
  • Famous
  • Quiet

• I decided to start acting in my mid-twenties. I studied pre-med, and I have a bachelor's degree in Biology, so when I decided to pursue a different career, I got a lot of, 'What on earth are you doing?' But, I gave myself a year and thought, 'You know what, I'm going to just beat the odds.'

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Different
  • Career
  • Earth

• I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.

  

  Patricia Polacco
  • Will
  • Caring
  • Walk

• I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Time
  • Love
  • Success

• I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Difference
  • Second Place

• Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Good
  • Work
  • Star

• I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • People
  • Work
  • Opportunities

• My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • Truth
  • Religious
  • Spiritual

• Univision's close-to-50-year relationship with Hispanics makes us one of the leading media brands in this country and the gateway to connect with this consumer.

  

  Randy Falco
  • Country
  • Relationship
  • Media

• If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • You
  • Person
  • Confident

• The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Remember
  • Nice
  • Journey

• But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • History
  • Future
  • Change

• The French press can be very harsh, and the one thing they can't bear is multi-tasking. They despise it to the highest degree, so from the age of five I've been taught that if I did two things at the same time, it meant I didn't know how to do one. It's an obsession that they have.

  

  Lou Doillon
  • Time
  • Age

• The way Apatow works, you do it scripted a couple times, and then he just kind of lets you go and improvise.

  

  Adam Scott
  • Couple

• One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I'm so happy to have her.

  

  Brad Pitt
  • Great
  • She
  • Kids

• You have to be very careful about what you say. More importantly, you have to be very careful about what you do. You never know how or when you influence people – especially children.

  

  S. Truett Cathy
  • People
  • Children

• I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely.

  

  John Hume
  • Time
  • History
  • Question