Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me in three different classes - but above all, he taught me lessons in moral, physical, and intellectual courage that I have tried to apply in later life.

Ezra Taft Benson

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• And if I would have taken lessons I probably wouldn't have done it, and what forced me to do all this weird stuff on the guitar was I couldn't afford effects pedals, I didn't have all this stuff when I was a kid so I just tried to squeeze all the weird noises I could out of the guitar, which brings me to building guitars.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Me
  • Guitar
  • Kid

• When we talk about dystopias, especially in young adult fiction, a lot of them are essentially science fictional futures. They aren't necessarily tied to the traditional concept of dystopia. And so in that space, my impression is that kids love reading about weird, wild, adventurous places, and dystopia fits that bill.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Kids
  • Weird
  • Impression

• One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Things
  • Prison
  • Lessons

• An indigo snake leaves a lasting impression.

  

  Padgett Powell
  • Impression
  • Snake
  • Leaves

• What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Life
  • Get
  • Lessons

• History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

  

  James A. Leach
  • History
  • Lessons
  • Provide

• I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • Important
  • Leadership
  • Lessons

• When I grew up, I lived in the ghettos of Hollywood; it was the most disgusting place to be. I was known as the crazy little kid. I did impressions. Then I realized that's not what I want to do. I don't want to be a comedian to please other people.

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio
  • People
  • Up
  • Crazy

• One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently is that when you don't know what to do, you should do nothing until you figure out what to do because a lot of times you feel like you are pressed against the wall, and you've got to make a decision. You never have to do anything. Don't know what to do? Do nothing.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Decision
  • Wall
  • Lessons

• It's a question of whether they have learned any lessons at all.

  

  Liam Fox
  • Question
  • Lessons

• Art, to me is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. The word 'Impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted. [...] The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe. They take the ready-made axioms laid down by others, and walk blindly in a rut without trying to see for themselves.

  

  Childe Hassam
  • People
  • Trying
  • Art

• It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all his mistakes.

  

  Jesse Livermore
  • Men
  • Long
  • Mistake

• The best lesson my mom taught me was how to be scrappy.

  

  George Clooney
  • Mom
  • Lessons
  • Taught

• Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it.

  

  Plato
  • Soul
  • Lessons
  • Roots

• Flamenco was probably the first music that I may have heard as a baby, because my father played flamenco.

  

  Robert Trujillo Metallica
  • Music
  • My Father
  • Flamenco

• I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

  

  Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Woman
  • Impression
  • Conclusion

• It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression.

  

  Cary Grant
  • Impression
  • Details

• We have to go through certain things in order to appreciate life and learn lessons.

  

  Mariah Carey
  • Life
  • Learn
  • Lessons

• It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

  

  Bill Gates
  • Success
  • Failure
  • Lessons

• I'm not a person who goes into a deep depression after a defeat. I try to remain reasonably upbeat. I'm realistic enough to know that results of football matches are often unpredictable and, when all is said and done, things don't always work out as one would wish!

  

  Kevin Keegan
  • Work
  • Trying
  • Done

• America must raise an empire of permanent duration, supported upon the grand pillars of Truth, Freedom, and Religion, encouraged by the smiles of Justice and defended by her own patriotic sons.

  

  Nathanael Greene
  • Truth
  • America
  • Freedom

• The reson I don't own a cell phone is I like making plans and being free and being normal, the way everyone was back in the 80's. Kill your cell phone.

  

  Brent Weinbach
  • Free
  • Kill
  • Cellphone

• The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me in three different classes - but above all, he taught me lessons in moral, physical, and intellectual courage that I have tried to apply in later life.

  

  Ezra Taft Benson
  • Lessons
  • Impression
  • My Father