George Eliot Quotes

In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasure.

George Eliot

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• It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.

  

  L. Sprague de Camp
  • Pay
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  • Does

• One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.

  

  Walter Dean Myers
  • War
  • Military
  • Conflict

• Being on a lunchbox was awesome, and being on a thermos was pretty cool, too.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • Pretty
  • Cool
  • Being

• My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

  

  Ovid
  • Hope
  • Always
  • Hopes

• I've never been one for crushing on famous people.

  

  Daisy Ridley
  • People
  • Never
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• Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.

  

  Venus Williams
  • People
  • Believe
  • Attitude

• I don't concern myself too much about calories and fat.

  

  Hannah Marks
  • Myself
  • Too Much
  • Fat

• I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Believe
  • Men
  • History

• Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.

  

  F. Murray Abraham
  • Power
  • Man
  • Stand

• I've seen a big shift, especially in my classroom, with women standing up and demanding respect. That's in every woman, whether 16, 26, 56.

  

  P. C. Cast
  • Up
  • Women
  • Respect

• It is the Holy Spirit who inspired the Bible. It is the Holy Spirit who illumines the Bible.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • Inspired
  • Bible
  • Holy Spirit

• In my own life if I knew I was going to pass away I'd love to sit down and resolve every issue so I could go peacefully.

  

  John Travolta
  • Life
  • Issues
  • Resolve

• There is no evil in human affairs that has not some good mingled with it. [It., Non e male alcuno nelle cose umane che non abbia congiunto seco qualche bene.]

  

  Francesco Guicciardini
  • Good
  • Evil
  • Human

• Nothing really happened - I was elected in '86 - until 1992, and that's when the Anita Hill debacle happened.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Election
  • Anita Hill
  • Debacle

• Sometimes we complain without thinking much of it, but the frightening thing about complaining is that every time we do, a cloud descends over our heart, and our hope, appreciation and joy gradually wane.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Heart

• Men know almost nothing about desire, they think it has to do with sexual activity or can be discharged that way. But sex is a substitute, like money or language. Sometimes I just want to stop seeing.

  

  Anne Carson
  • Men
  • Thinking
  • Money

• For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.

  

  Anthony Hope
  • Men
  • Sin
  • Knaves

• If you're from New Jersey, let people make all those bad jokes about our state. Don't let anyone know how great it is here. It's the best kept secret.

  

  Jon Bon Jovi
  • People
  • Great
  • Bad

• When you're really passionate, you're going to grab hold of every rope you see, and wrap them around your arms and legs to claw your way out. And that's the way I've felt in my life.

  

  Viola Davis
  • Passionate
  • Arms
  • Legs

• All the other stuff without love? Not worth a whole lot. Love starts with ourselves and needs to be approached like anything else we want to master-with a lot of diligent studying and practicing!

  

  Brian Francis Johnson AC/DC
  • Study
  • Needs
  • Stuff

• Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss...

  

  John Milton
  • Virtue
  • Shape
  • Lovely

• In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasure.

  

  George Eliot
  • Pleasure
  • Shape
  • Travelling