Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.

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• Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.

  

  Imran Amed
  • Thinking
  • Business
  • Technology

• I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Thinking
  • Job
  • Game

• Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Truth
  • Joy
  • Wisdom

• The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.

  

  Ilya Ilyin
  • People
  • Energy
  • Unique

• Every villain needs her story told.

  

  Abbi Glines
  • Needs
  • Story
  • Villain

• The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.

  

  Barbara Walters
  • World
  • May
  • Full

• There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.

  

  Pamela Stephenson
  • Good
  • True
  • Thought

• Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.

  

  Samuel Alexander
  • Life
  • Practice
  • Mental

• I feel like a lot of serious music lives in generalizations - 'Love is a flower,' 'The sky is so dark' - but comedy lives in specifics.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • Music
  • Comedy
  • Serious

• Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.

  

  Tacitus
  • Men
  • Love
  • Learned

• I don't keep secrets from my parents, really; it's pretty open.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Pretty
  • Parents
  • Open

• Except for a handful of banks that just keep a handful of their loans in portfolio, on their balance sheet, every other loan that's originated in the United States - whether from a bank, mortgage company, mortgage broker - is sold into the secondary market.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • Balance
  • Company
  • Bank

• But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.

  

  Abu Bakar Bashir
  • Respect
  • Talk
  • Accept

• But I'm a big believer that government does not have a monopoly on good ideas.

  

  Jack Markell
  • Good
  • Government
  • Ideas

• With 'That Awkward Moment', you could argue I'm just playing the girlfriend of Zac Efron, but the director was such a creative force and let me make her my own. I loved being part of something that felt so relevant and fresh.

  

  Imogen Poots
  • Moment
  • Creative
  • Force

• My family wasn't particularly political. Mom and Dad voted, but that was the extent of their involvement. In fact, I ended up going to U.C. Davis because, to them, Berkeley was too radical.

  

  Jackie Speier
  • Up
  • Family
  • Political

• Fate is written in the face.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Fate
  • Face
  • Written

• Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

  

  Ovid
  • Women
  • Same
  • Just

• The stage, the screen, the novel, casual conversation, the street discussion, and too often the fireside intimacies are punctuated with blasphemy, to which may be added, as of the same nature, coarse, ribald jokes, foul stories, and low small talk. Some would have us believe that profanity is a sign of masculinity and emotion maturity.

  

  Ezra Taft Benson
  • Stories
  • Emotion
  • Conversation

• God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late,They touch the shining hills of day;The evil cannot brook delay,The good can well afford to wait.

  

  John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Good
  • God
  • Evil

• I really didn't like Batgirl. I was like, "No, if I'm not gonna be Batman, I'm not gonna play." Maybe they could write an evil female super villain who takes over Batman, and nobody knows.

  

  Virginia Madsen
  • Writing
  • Evil
  • Female

• I used to stay up all night, roam around, drink, and carry on like everybody else. That all changed when I got older, started to exercise and play golf. I knew by the time the day was over I would not feel like exercising, so I made it a point to exercise early.

  

  Johnny Mathis
  • Up
  • Time
  • Night

• If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Evil
  • Companions
  • Propensities