John Lothrop Motley Quotes

The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times.

John Lothrop Motley

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• I trust no one totally.

  

  Gary Sheffield
  • Trust
  • Totally

• When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • People
  • Opportunity

• Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Think
  • Always
  • Emotional

• I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.

  

  Eamonn Walker
  • Truth
  • Myself
  • Acting

• In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Life
  • Live
  • Past

• As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.

  

  Harriet Walter
  • Perfect
  • Myself
  • Become

• Well, first of all, I'm an incredibly gullible person - I'm so bad that when I said that to someone, my friend said, 'You know, 'gullible' isn't even in the dictionary.' And I said, 'Really?' As I was saying 'Really?' I will acknowledge that I then realized what was happening, but that's how bad I am.

  

  Carla Gugino
  • Bad
  • Person
  • Gullible

• I don't want to name any names, but I've worked on television shows where there's a guy writing for my generation who's, like, 60 - and it doesn't work.

  

  Zachary Knighton
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Guy

• I'm related to the portrait painter George Romney.

  

  Wavy Gravy
  • Painter
  • Related
  • Portrait

• It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Power
  • Man
  • Free

• Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm thinking that maybe we'll have a future where Google is 'xkcd.'

  

  Randall Munroe
  • Thinking
  • Future
  • Google

• Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Great
  • Children
  • Relationship

• Religious traditions are easy to lose sight of in today's marketing frenzy. Make sure you take time to gently usher your little ones into the rituals that have special meaning for you.

  

  Adam Mansbach
  • Time
  • Today
  • Religious

• Place hitting is, in a sense, glorified bunting. I only take a half swing at the ball, and the weight of the bat rather than my swing is what drives it.

  

  Edd Roush
  • Place
  • Sense
  • Take

• In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.

  

  Gary Sherman
  • Me
  • Body
  • Films

• I did a forward roll for the kids the other day, thinking it'd be a breeze like it was when I was six, and I had to lie flat for about 20 minutes afterwards - 'Leave mummy alone; she's feeling a bit dizzy.'

  

  Olivia Colman
  • Thinking
  • She
  • Kids

• Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.

  

  Victoria Jackson
  • People
  • Mind
  • Money

• Most of the time, I'm not even working; I'm just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • People
  • Helping
  • Working

• I'm a realist and I always have been.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Always
  • Been
  • Realist

• According to theism, if a universe is to have any probability of existing, this probability is dependent upon God's beliefs, desires and creative acts. But the Hartle-Hawking probability is not dependent on any supernatural considerations; Hartle and Hawking do not sum over anything supernatural in their path integral derivation of the probability amplitude.

  

  Quentin Persifor Smith
  • God
  • Universe
  • Path

• You have to do what is real and what is right and what is good and what you believe in. It doesn't mean it's always going to work. It doesn't. But when it does, it is truthful and forever.

  

  Mitch Leigh
  • Believe
  • Mean
  • Always

• A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.

  

  Aga Khan IV
  • Home
  • Future
  • Poverty

• It's hard to be scared if you don't feel for a character, because you don't care if they die or live.

  

  Elisha Cuthbert
  • Live
  • Character
  • Die

• The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times.

  

  John Lothrop Motley