John Ruskin Quotes

Compulsory education... It is a painful, continual, and difficult work; to be done by kindness, by watching, by warning, by precept, and by praise, — but above all — by example.

John Ruskin

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• Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Good
  • Hand
  • Serious

• Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.

  

  Edith Piaf
  • Mind
  • Tell
  • Whatever

• Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.

  

  Radhanath Swami
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Important

• I wanted to become a college coach. I got game films of all the good college coaches - Pete Newell at California, Eddie Donovan with St. Bonaventure, Ken Loeffler at LaSalle.

  

  Jack Ramsay
  • Good
  • Game
  • College

• Since 1987, when I got my first one, I've been wearing a clock around my neck 24/7. You feel me? 24/7.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Me
  • Feel
  • Clock

• Enjoy every sandwich.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Enjoy
  • Every
  • Sandwich

• What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • You
  • Reflection
  • Artistry

• The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.

  

  Saint Francis de Sales
  • Way
  • Flowers
  • Bee

• Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance to them. And since the '70s, cinema has gone almost entirely in the direction of spectacle and escapism and superhero films.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • People
  • America
  • War

• If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • Career
  • Play
  • Villain

• No one wants to stay in the tabloids. But it's actually not a terrible place to start.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Place
  • Start
  • Wants

• Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • People
  • Women
  • Political

• Too often, the air conditioners we use to cool down also contribute to climate change - the very force that's fueling extreme heat.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Change
  • Cool
  • Air

• For the very young, there's nothing better than Mother Goose and anything by Dr. Seuss for the rhythms and language.

  

  Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Mother
  • Language
  • Better

• When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.

  

  Saint Ambrose
  • Live
  • Rome
  • Romans

• When you're growing up, it's always nice to have someone you can relate and look up to. I'm proud of how I conduct my business and how I have accomplished all that I have accomplished, and hope that I can be a positive influence on not only the Mexican community but also young boxers and people all around the world.

  

  Victor Ortiz
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew,She sparkled, was exhal'd and went to heaven.

  

  Edward Young
  • She
  • Morning
  • Heaven

• For a long time, we got no respect. People thought we just got lucky. They said we were a one-record wonder.

  

  Pepa DJ Spinderella
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• We feed upon each other's mouths and minds like ants with social stomachs.

  

  Weston La Barre
  • Mind
  • Social
  • Mouths

• I like being able to go grocery shopping and not feel that Im fighting a thousand people.

  

  Roz Chast
  • People
  • Fighting
  • Feels

• Those who use tobacco, tea and coffee should lay these idols aside, and put their cost into the treasury of the Lord.

  

  Ellen G. White
  • Coffee
  • Tea

• Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet.

  

  Edward James Olmos

• Compulsory education... It is a painful, continual, and difficult work; to be done by kindness, by watching, by warning, by precept, and by praise, — but above all — by example.

  

  John Ruskin
  • Education
  • Kindness
  • Example