John Ruskin Quotes
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.
John Ruskin
Quotes to Explore
People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
Vikas Swarup
I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
Ramez Naam
There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
Karen Armstrong
I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.
Pamela Hanson
When I'm out the street, I get people whispering behind me, 'Isn't that Jennifer Lawrence?' I should start doing autographs - although if you stood us side by side, you wouldn't make that mistake.
Haley Bennett
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
Saint Augustine
It was inspiring to see local legends like E-40 and Keak da Sneak break out with 'Tell Me When to Go.'
G-Eazy
Nuclear tests poison the environment - and they also poison the political climate. They breed mistrust, isolation and fear.
Ban Ki-moon
All my friends started getting boyfriends, but I didn't want a boyfriend, I wanted a thirteen-colour biro.
Victoria Wood
A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
But it is hard to know them flatterers from friends, they are so obsequious, and full of protestations; for as a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.
Walter Raleigh
Unendowed with wealth or pity, Little birds with scarlet legs Sitting on their speckled eggs, Eye each flu-infected city. Altogether elsewhere, vast Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss, Silently and very fast.
W. H. Auden
Even though I was trained in play writing and screenwriting, when I sat down to write a comic book for the first time, Alan Moore was first and foremost in my mind.
Brian K. Vaughan
I like to be direct." "Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages." "I doubt it." "Human interaction is not my strong point," I told him.
E. Lockhart
Humility is a flower which does not grow in everyone's garden.
Aristotle
The whole universe is but the footprint of the Divine goodness.
Dante Alighieri
Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
Jimmy Buffett
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.
John Ruskin
