Helen Keller Quotes

My optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true.

Helen Keller

• World
• Facts
• Prove
• Demand
• Optimism

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• I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • People
  • Believe
  • Business

• Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
  • Want
  • Control
  • Leadership

• I'm competitive. I don't like to lose.

  

  Odell Beckham, Jr.
  • Like
  • Lose
  • Competitive

• I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • Good
  • Me
  • Present

• Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Always
  • Island
  • Hawaii

• Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

  

  Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Love
  • Beautiful
  • Me

• My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Style
  • Enthusiasm
  • Skill

• He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.

  

  Cab Calloway
  • Guy
  • Effort
  • Silly

• Movement of people is taking place on an immense scale, and from a European perspective, the number of potential future immigrants seems limitless.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • People
  • Future
  • Perspective

• Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend your lifespan considerably.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Life
  • You
  • Percent

• If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Movie
  • Reason
  • Person

• Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.

  

  Vin Scully
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• Libraries are at a cultural crossroads. Some proffer that libraries as we know them may go away altogether, ironic victims of the information age where Google has subverted Dewey decimal and researchers can access anything on a handheld device. Who needs to venture deep into the stacks when answers are but a click away?

  

  Sam Weller
  • May
  • Age
  • Deep

• If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.

  

  Jack Dee
  • People
  • Trying
  • Why

• I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Want
  • Freedom
  • Way

• I'm always so amazed by which performances work really, really well and which ones don't. But I think it's just mostly, 'She's Out Of My League,' so many people saw that movie on DVD and on the plane. Just millions of people saw that movie. That's the reason I'm somewhat famous.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • People
  • Work
  • She

• A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.

  

  Pat Riley
  • Game
  • Team
  • Moving

• I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Life
  • Character
  • Funny

• Be careful about extending credit, too, and doubly careful about refusing to extend it.

  

  Gene Wolfe

• Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we don't want to see gymnastics without OLGA.

  

  Olga Korbut
  • World
  • Live
  • Start

• The Priceline Group is a truly globally-scaled digital e-commerce Fortune 500 company operating world-class brands. I look forward to contributing to the Group by identifying new opportunities and operating synergies that enhance its already strong track record as a global digital pioneer.

  

  Maelle Gavet
  • World
  • Strong
  • Opportunities

• Nothing's planned. Never say never.

  

  Mike Rutherford Genesis
  • Say
  • Planned

• My optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true.

  

  Helen Keller
  • World
  • Facts
  • Prove