William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?
Quotes to Explore
-
The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.
-
I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
-
I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
-
Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
-
You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
-
The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
-
I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
-
We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
-
Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
-
In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.
-
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
-
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
-
It's good for the NHL to implement different things - the 3-on-3, money that'll go to players - to try to get us to play at a higher level.
-
I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!
-
Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution.
-
Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
-
I have an aim - I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart.
-
We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.
-
I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!
-
If there is delay in getting culling teams out, delay in any part of the chain, even weeks, that could have great implications for the virus to spread.
-
Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
-
Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved.
-
To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?
