John Lothrop Motley Quotes

In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.

John Lothrop Motley

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• I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

  

  Takeshi Kitano
  • People
  • Free
  • Joy

• Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.

  

  Zendaya
  • Trying
  • Love
  • Remember

• We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.

  

  Barney Ross
  • Force
  • Three
  • Task

• I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Up
  • Like
  • Adult

• Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Home
  • Age
  • Independent

• Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles.

  

  Faye Dunaway
  • Great
  • Success
  • Interesting

• For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Well
  • Jews
  • Middle East

• If you're taking an antidepressant, it's working, and you're not experiencing side effects, go on taking it. But if it's not working, or not working well enough, or if you have side effects you don't like, talk to your doctor about an alternative approach.

  

  Irving Kirsch
  • You
  • Talk
  • Doctor

• People have a good time with all the catch phrases.

  

  Verne Troyer
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• The more criticism I get, the more it gives me a stronger urge to win. So I try harder.

  

  Rain
  • Win
  • Criticism
  • Stronger

• My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and rulers. It all dealt with conciseness and precision. It eliminated guesswork. One has to know his tools, so he doesn't work against himself.

  

  Yusef Komunyakaa
  • Work
  • Great
  • Father

• I'm not to be confused with Natasha Henstridge in 'Species,' where I just emerge out of the weird alien womb looking amazing. I really rely heavily on my black outfits and my gold chains to give me sort of a thing.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Black
  • Amazing
  • Weird

• I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I haven't done comedy or as much Shakespeare as I had intended.

  

  Olivia Williams
  • Done
  • Experience
  • Comedy

• Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Health
  • Insurance
  • Nobody

• None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Humble

• In the past we believed both sexes were born with original sin. Today, we have come to unconsciously believe in the original sin of boys, but the original innocence of girls. – page 103.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Believe
  • Today
  • Past

• I'm a natural born fighter, so this is what I do, and it's normal. It's natural. It's what I've always done as a martial artist, and as a martial artist, it's what I always wanted to do - test myself and always fighting. It's what I'm meant to do.

  

  Anderson Silva
  • Done
  • Fighting

• If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness.

  

  Jane Smiley
  • Live
  • Wisdom
  • Progress

• I appreciate a lot of singer-songwriters that the normal person doesn't, but I feel like everyone thoroughly enjoys an Ed Sheeran show.

  

  Jacob Whitesides

• I love having horses from a young age and seeing how far they can go.

  

  Charlotte Dujardin
  • Age

• I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.

  

  Debra Winger
  • Hope
  • Age

• I`m surprised people are that hopeful about what government can do, because if you believe in socialism, society can run a pretty decent government, it can provide services, it can regulate the economy effectively.

  

  Chris Matthews
  • People
  • Believe
  • Pretty

• In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.

  

  John Lothrop Motley