Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
-
What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
-
I'm not Cinderella.
-
No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.
-
As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
-
The effect of sanctions on the Russian economy are clear to everybody, first to the Russians and to the Russian leadership, and the surroundings of the Russian leadership, the circle that is close to the Russian political leadership.
-
Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
-
But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
-
Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
-
When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
-
There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.
-
I think that what I'd like to instil is that if you join the youth theatre, it's a gateway into greater career prospects.
-
The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
-
Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
-
If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it's something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life.
-
I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.
-
But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live.
-
I grew up listening to classic rock - the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd.
-
The whole Fannibal thing is predominantly something that happens in a world I don't know about, which is the Internet.
-
When I think of that dear rugged cross where the dear Saviour gave his all... When I feel like I'm on my last go round, see me through.
-
Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness.
-
I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
-
Just because you're born in a privileged family and have money doesn't mean you're happy. Happiness you can't buy. Happiness is something you need to work for.
-
They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
