John Ruskin Quotes

We have much studied and much perfected, of late, the great civilized invention of the division of labour; only we give it a false name. It is not, truly speaking, the labour that is divided; but the men.

John Ruskin

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• Studied
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• Limitlessness is important for me; I want to be able to use every opportunity to push me forward onto the next thing.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • Important
  • Opportunity
  • Me

• Sometimes art is ahead of revolution.

  

  Ziad Doueiri
  • Art
  • Sometimes
  • Revolution

• Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Up
  • American
  • Listening

• America is a world leader, but we should not be its policeman or ATM.

  

  Rand Paul
  • World
  • America
  • Leader

• Cooking is for chefs. Science informs us and lets us cook while knowing what we are doing, but it is not a replacement for the skills of a chef.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Science
  • Cooking
  • Chef

• With some people there is such a thing as the habit of betrayal.

  

  Han Suyin
  • People
  • Habit
  • Betrayal

• But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.

  

  Astrid Lindgren
  • Defense
  • Nightshirts

• A system is a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish the aim of the system. A system must have an aim. Without the aim, there is no system.

  

  W. Edwards Deming
  • Work
  • Together

• J-Hope always tries to cheer us up, and I'm so grateful. Actually, I like to call him a new leader for the group.

  

  Kim Nam-joon BTS
  • Up
  • Hope
  • Cheer

• I don't know about you, but when they first introduced bottled water, I thought it was so funny, I was like "Bottled water! Haha, they're selling bottled water! ... I guess I'll try it. Ah, this is good, this is more watery than water. Yeah, this has got a water kick to it."

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Trying
  • Funny
  • Water

• Historical awareness is a kind of resurrection.

  

  William Lewis Trogdon
  • History
  • Kind
  • Historical

• What's done is done. The joy is in the doing.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Done
  • Joy
  • For Her

• It was a big story and yesterday's soup. Who cares?

  

  Willard Scott
  • Care
  • Stories
  • Bigs

• I pity Americans for their very bad fruits. Your 'mango' is cucumber. The only thing I really miss about Egypt is mangoes.

  

  Bassem Youssef
  • Bad
  • Very
  • Egypt

• American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over the world - football compared to American football is quite feminine in its artistry. And there's no padding. It's America's loss, though.

  

  Noel Gallagher Oasis
  • World
  • Men
  • American

• If you can get ahead, it's definitely a psychological advantage.

  

  Gary Player
  • Advantage
  • Definitely
  • Psychological

• Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep', the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast...

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Mind
  • Sleep
  • Care

• We have much studied and much perfected, of late, the great civilized invention of the division of labour; only we give it a false name. It is not, truly speaking, the labour that is divided; but the men.

  

  John Ruskin
  • Labour
  • Speaking
  • Studied