Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes
There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.Georg C. Lichtenberg
Quotes to Explore
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
Major Taylor -
Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style.
Olivia Culpo -
There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
Tadao Ando -
I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
Gabriella Wilde -
I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
Ted Sarandos -
Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
Vidya Balan
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
Imran Amed -
We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
Naomi Klein -
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison -
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
Tacitus -
Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.
Samuel Alexander
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
Adam Arkin -
When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
Bat for Lashes -
Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
Nathalie Sarraute -
Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
Garth Brooks -
My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
Taylor Swift -
I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
Vincent Cassel
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Let not sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou has thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What have I left undone, which I ought to have done?
Pythagoras -
My father was a minister, and it was more my mother that had the responsibility of making sure the family put out an outward of appearance of living what he was preaching. She was the PR.
Frances McDormand -
Young people can accomplish a lot.
Kathleen Rubins -
I worried that people wouldn't like me. Now I try not to worry and focus on being happy.
Lea Michele -
Maybe some people thought I was 'safe' so they didn't really bothered to vote for me at all.
Chris Daughtry -
There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.
Georg C. Lichtenberg