William Hazlitt Quotes

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.

William Hazlitt

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• Excellence

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• Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.

  

  Earl Monroe
  • Game
  • Sports
  • Be Patient

• I voted for Barack Obama.

  

  LaDainian Tomlinson
  • Barack Obama
  • Obama
  • Barack

• The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Up
  • Home
  • Step

• I have changed so much as an actor over the years.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Years
  • Actor
  • Over

• Second place is just the first place loser.

  

  Dale Earnhardt
  • Place
  • Loser
  • Second Place

• A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.

  

  Dan Savage
  • Kids
  • Identity
  • Expectations

• You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Music
  • Decisions

• What I like to call 'journalism of depth' is the media that regards the collective conscience of the masses to be its point of departure. It is the media that believes, as a matter of principle, in the potential capabilities of the people and respects their choices.

  

  Wadah Khanfar
  • People
  • Choices
  • Media

• Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • People
  • Dark
  • Losing

• I love my sleep.

  

  Caprice Bourret
  • Love
  • Sleep
  • I Love

• Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.

  

  Kate Baldwin
  • Real
  • Man
  • City

• On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.

  

  Oren Peli
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Money
  • Happy
  • Freedom

• A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.

  

  Walter O'Brien
  • High
  • Individual
  • Industry

• All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.

  

  Rachel Dratch
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Space

• The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Food
  • Water
  • Cooking

• We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?

  

  Walter Matthau
  • Writing
  • She
  • Book

• I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.

  

  Sally Ride
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.

  

  Yahoo Serious
  • People
  • Time
  • Live

• Prior to an individual's encounter with the love of God at a particular time in history, however, there has to be another, more fundamental and archetypal encounter, which belongs to the conditions of possibility of the appearance of divine love to man.

  

  Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • Time
  • God
  • Love

• I enjoy the process of composing music. The first time I hear a song, it has to bring a smile to my lips. You have to tap your feet and be able to sing the song.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Time
  • Music
  • Song

• Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

  

  Karl Barth
  • Joy
  • Gratitude
  • Thankful

• If we want the most effective fighting force, we need to pick the most qualified capable man for the job, even if it's a woman.

  

  Martha McSally
  • Job
  • Fighting

• The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.

  

  William Hazlitt
  • Time
  • Love
  • Ambition