William Hazlitt Quotes

The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination.

William Hazlitt

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• I know a lot about Judy Garland. She was born in 1922, and I think she died in '69. When I was little, like, when I was 8, I knew all of her husbands' names.

  

  Kate Micucci
  • Know
  • Born
  • Died

• Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Life
  • American
  • Impact

• Sharing is the essence of social media.

  

  Zoe Sugg
  • Media
  • Social Media
  • Sharing

• I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Love
  • Speak
  • Excited

• The one thing I do know is that I'm the best Taylor Hawkins drummer there is, and that is all I can hope to be. And when it comes to music, musicianship and skill, there is no such thing as better or worse because so much is personal opinion, and I can see that now.

  

  Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters
  • Music
  • Hope
  • Best

• For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.

  

  Laura Harring
  • Up
  • Me
  • Value

• If I was doing 'The Hunt' constantly, I would get very old, very fast.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Doing
  • Old
  • Fast

• My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
  • Always
  • Angry
  • Jump

• Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • Music
  • Long
  • End

• I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.

  

  Hanoi Hannah
  • Always
  • Liberty
  • Traditions

• I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • Think
  • Myself
  • Really

• Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.

  

  Ieyasu Tokugawa
  • Step
  • Slow
  • Steady

• It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Fun
  • Kind
  • Impossible

• I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Game
  • Alone
  • Thought

• I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Play
  • Knew
  • Villain

• You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.

  

  Dale Earnhardt
  • Win
  • Driving
  • Edge

• A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It's equality, it's fairness, and I think it's a great thing to be a part of.

  

  Zendaya
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Women

• I go light on breakfast. Sometimes it's a yogurt, but a lot of times it's leftovers from one of my wife's dinners.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Light
  • Wife
  • Breakfast

• I've been very fortunate that I've worked since I left drama school in 1976.

  

  Pierce Brosnan
  • School
  • Drama

• Being in love, and I'm not an expert in this, I've lived it as much as anyone has, but I've not dissected it.

  

  Eric Braeden

• It's not about having a plethora of suits, but having a few good ones. It's all about fit. The contour of your body. If your shoulders are broad, you shouldn't have shoulder pads. If you're not a big man, you shouldn't have extra space. I think it's definitely worth having it properly fitted.

  

  Trey Songz
  • Good
  • Space

• Ideas seem to come from everywhere - my life, everything I see, hear, and read, and most of all, from my imagination. I have a lot of imagination.

  

  Judy Blume
  • Imagination
  • Ideas
  • Seems

• A product which is unceremoniously wasted to landfill at end of life surely can't be considered good design!

  

  Neil Tierney
  • Design
  • Management
  • Economics

• The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination.

  

  William Hazlitt
  • Imagination
  • Management
  • Prosperous