William Godwin Quotes
The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.
Quotes to Explore
-
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
-
Montenegro belongs to a rare number of countries that have managed to make progress on every internationally recognisable indicator.
-
To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets.
-
I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.
-
What did we want out of Iraq? We wanted a country that was stable and secure, that elected its own government, that was not going to be a threat to its neighbors and also was capable of protecting and defending itself. That was our objective in Iraq.
-
I started playing in bars when I was about 15 years old, and there are things that I saw early on that really shaped who I am.
-
The reality is that not only were we massively hit in 2008 when the bubble burst, and then we realized how deep the social gap, the economic gap in the world is between the super rich and the poor; also, we realized how impacted the environment has been. So there's been a physical consequence of that.
-
Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
-
The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
-
If you want to be happy, make others happy!
-
If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.
-
I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.
-
Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
-
I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.
-
Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently.
-
Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.
-
Sugarcoating doesn't do anybody any good.
-
I think Cate Blanchett is fabulous - she just shines in everything she does - and I'm a big Susan Sarandon fan.
-
There is no doing in the world without being first.
-
I've always been very competitive, and I've always had this desire to win my entire life. I guess when it comes to being in the cage, especially, I just hate losing more than I like to win. The idea of someone beating me just doesn't sit well.
-
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
-
This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie.
-
Art is the microscope of the mind, which sharpens the wit as the other does the sight; and converts every object into a little universe in itself. Art may be said to draw aside the veil from nature. To those who are perfectly unskilled in the practice, unimbued with the principles of art, most objects present only a confused mass.
-
The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.
