Thomas Carlyle Quotes

The suffering man ought really to consume his own smoke; there is no good in emitting smoke till you have made it into fire.

Thomas Carlyle

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• I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Believe
  • True
  • Same

• I'm not that ambitious chick. I'm not chasing a cover of a magazine or an award. I've just never been that girl. I've always been very content with whatever God blessed me with and he's already blessed me with a lot.

  

  Yvette Nicole Brown
  • God
  • Girl
  • Blessed

• I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.

  

  Viet D. Dinh
  • Law
  • Lawyer
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• Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together.

  

  Harold Washington
  • Together
  • Bring
  • Heal

• I have always been a generous and enthusiastic reader.

  

  Karen Joy Fowler
  • Always
  • Been
  • Enthusiastic

• My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me.

  

  Said Sayrafiezadeh
  • Up
  • Father
  • Age

• People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • People
  • Kids
  • Thought

• Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • World
  • Same
  • Stock

• I was drafted when I was 17, and I spent two years, and I lost a friend in war.

  

  Gavin Hood
  • War
  • Lost
  • Friend

• Verily there is nothing in all Europe so beautiful as Valldemosa.

  

  Bayard Taylor
  • Beautiful
  • Nothing
  • Europe

• It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.

  

  Rachel Johnson
  • You
  • Someone
  • Ready

• I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead.

  

  Rachel True
  • I Can
  • Lead
  • Project

• I don't any longer make any quality judgement between theater and cinema. They are different experiences for the audience, and they also are for the actors - although they have a lot in common.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Different
  • Quality
  • Audience

• The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.

  

  Dan Wheldon
  • School
  • Kids
  • Dad

• What I wear is everything - from how I carry my hair to what I'm wearing on my feet. I have to feel comfortable on stage, so I like to wear things that have room. My mood changes a lot, so sometimes I wear 6-inch heels, and other times I'll perform in bare feet.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • Hair
  • Mood
  • Changes

• When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

  

  Mae West
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Better

• As a beast of toil an ox is fixed capital. If he is eaten, he no longer functions as an instrument of labour, nor as fixed capital either.

  

  Karl Marx

• The ultimate test on the way to establishing an ideal civilization encouraging ideal human behavior was to look bravely beyond gender, color, ethnic origin, religious difference, and class distinctions to discover and honor the value of each unique individual.

  

  Aberjhani
  • Value
  • Religious
  • Color

• I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.

  

  Agatha Christie

• Because the private sector has evolved processes and metrics for growth over many generations, for-profit models are more likely to efficiently accomplish their goals.

  

  Joe Lonsdale
  • Growth
  • Goals

• Facebook is made up of people you've met, but not necessarily who are similar to you. I have 850 'friends,' and a lot are acquaintances, not friends. I don't really know them. If I've met someone one time, how should they be influencing my feed?

  

  Garrett Camp
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about stars, and about trying to keep secrets. That's true, but that's also just the means by which you reveal secrets of the people suffering every day life.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • People
  • Life
  • Trying

• The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings.

  

  Qin Shi Huang
  • Why
  • War
  • Suffering

• The suffering man ought really to consume his own smoke; there is no good in emitting smoke till you have made it into fire.

  

  Thomas Carlyle
  • Suffering
  • Fire
  • Smoke