Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
Barbara Demick
-
The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.
Candace Bushnell
-
When I was pregnant, I had the romantic idea that after the baby was born I would not only take up reading in earnest again, but also write a novel while my daughter slept in her Moses basket. Of course, I barely had time to keep up with my magazines until she started sleeping properly.
Kate Beckinsale
-
With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
Dan Hill
-
A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
Taya Kyle
-
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
Orson Welles
-
The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
-
No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms.
P. F. Strawson
-
I've never thought about it before, but I suppose bad people might need someone to pray to, too.
Karl Pilkington
-
For me, it was watching the New York Giants growing up, with Bill Parcells and Lawrence Taylor and that whole crew coming up through the '80s. And then, as I moved on to college, I thought I'd want to coach for sure.
Dan Quinn
-
Every parent worries for their child, but I do worry that he's all right, and happy and stable, and that I've done the best that I can. He's a good boy - so far so good. But if you're a parent, it doesn't matter if your child is five or 50 - you still worry.
Heather Small
M People
-
Thought is the parent of the deed.
Thomas Carlyle
