John Ruskin Quotes
... Amongst all the mechanical poison that this terrible nineteenth century has poured upon men, it has given us at any rate one antidote - the Daguerreotype. (1845)
Quotes to Explore
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In winter, the Icelanders told the tales of the brave men of old in their families, and so the tradition was handed on from father to son, the same stories told every winter, till all the particulars became well known.
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Mr. Norrell is like a librarian trying to do magic... That's the story of my career, really. I stand next to good looking men and make them look better!
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A lot of times, women complain about men around them. It's not always someone else's fault. If you're the common denominator in 57 different relationships that didn't work out, then maybe, just maybe... it's you!
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Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
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Arab civilizations had been of an abstract nature, moral and intellectual rather than applied; and their lack of public spirit made their excellent private qualities futile. They were fortunate in their epoch: Europe had fallen barbarous; and the memory of Greek and Latin learning was fading from men's minds.
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Men tend to be selfish.
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The Beatles were a group made up of four very complex men, and my small hand could not have broken these men up.
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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
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Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
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The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men.
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Just like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive.
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Nine per cent of my viewers are men, of which the majority is, I think, 45 to 50. I like to tell myself it's just my dad watching.
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When Harvard men say they have graduated from Radcliffe, then we've made it.
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I don't distinguish between men and women. This is irrelevant to me, and I don't think in these terms.
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Our main reasons for fearing males having sex with males is that you really had to construct a more powerful social role to keep men in their place than you did to keep women in their place.
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My goal is to give young girls confidence in this world so they can be more like men in the decision-making process.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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I think, traditionally, power is perceived as something that belongs to men and is an excuse to behave in a disempowered way.
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I think that's what turns young men and women into writers - the happiness you discover living in books.
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We recorded that trio and it's out on the Knitting Factory label. I've got another record in the can with that group and Marc, which I'll hopefully finish some time before next summer.
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It's not terrible, I guess, but if Ricky Gervais was half as talented as me, maybe the show would actually be funny once in a while.
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... Amongst all the mechanical poison that this terrible nineteenth century has poured upon men, it has given us at any rate one antidote - the Daguerreotype. (1845)
