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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I'd hopefully work through all my issues with men first so then I'd be okay being with a woman.
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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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Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.
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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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This also is a part of the teaching of the Church, that there are certain angels of God, and certain good influences, which are His servants in accomplishing the salvation of men.
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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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Throughout the history of Iceland, men have been lost at sea; every family in Iceland is connected to that kind of story.
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When Harvard men say they have graduated from Radcliffe, then we've made it.
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In all great epochs of history, the existence of standards - that is, the conscious adoption of type-forms - has been the criterion of a polite, well-ordered society; for it is a commonplace that repetition of the same things for the same purpose exercises a settling and civilizing influence on men's minds.
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Man must become comfortable in flowing from one role to another, one set of values to another, one life to another. Men must be free from boundaries, patterns and consistencies in order to be free to think, feel and create in new ways. Men have admired Prometheus and Mars too long; our God must become Proteus.
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When I look up and see a star, I know my mom is there. She's with me all the time. It's a powerful connection.
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Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.
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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)
