Nicolas Gomez Davila Quotes

History clearly demonstrates that governing is a task that exceeds man's ability.

Nicolas Gomez Davila

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• I don't want to sound corny; everyone tells you what it's going to be like to have kids and you're like, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.' And then you have kids, and in an instant nothing in the world matters except for this stranger, because this person comes into the world and in an instant all your focus and priorities becomes these kids.

  

  Cameron Mathison
  • World
  • Kids
  • Focus

• One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Always
  • Things
  • Still

• Music is such a problem in the time it takes.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • Time
  • Music
  • Problem

• I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.

  

  Eddie Rickenbacker
  • Me
  • Fight
  • Down

• There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • Ugly
  • Engineering
  • Bridges

• For women to achieve equal representation in leadership roles, it's important that they have the backing of men as well as women.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Men
  • Important
  • Women

• Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I was a teenager or even as a child.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Life
  • Music
  • Wish

• I was always playing the hard-bitten drunk.

  

  Sally Kellerman
  • Always
  • Playing
  • Drunk

• I suffer panic attacks which has made me really conscious about my fitness and I have become addicted to jogging. It might sound odd but a lot of good has come out of it. My fans send letters saying they have taken up jogging because I do it.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Up
  • Good
  • Taken

• No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it.

  

  Alan Alda
  • People
  • Image
  • Interests

• I think in general, doing The X-Factor with the Steve Aoki song was the most difficult time, but also weirdly the most rewarding as well. I definitely felt like I couldn't do it, and then I definitely felt the support from everyone around me, the friends and family but also the fans and people outside of that.

  

  Louis Tomlinson One Direction
  • People
  • Time
  • Thinking

• Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Good
  • Work
  • Country

• Now, I've lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were 10 or 20 or 30 years ago no matter what some folks say. You can see it not just in statistics, you see it in the attitudes of young Americans across the political spectrum. But we're not where we need to be. And all of us have more work to do.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Work
  • Long
  • Political

• Being attentive to inequality and not tone deaf to it. But offering prescriptions that are actually going to help folks in communities that feel forgotten. That's going to be our most important strategy. And I think we can successfully do that.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Important
  • Help

• This will be my last year, Lord. I have gotten what I can. Thank You.

  

  Rachel

• With seven new players, you're never going to have an experienced lineup. This is who we are. ... Our guys did a good job. The key is six weeks from now, how good can we become?

  

  Rick Pitino
  • Players
  • Guys
  • Good Job

• Katherine Mary, we're going to know each other very wel, for many years, I hope. You'll see, you'll come to understand. These big things, these terrible things, are not important ones. If they were, how could one go on living? No, it is the small, little things that make up a day, that bring fullness and happiness to a life. Your sergeant coming home, a good dinner, your little Mary laughing, the smell of the woods- oh, so many things, you know them yourself.

  

  Benedict Freedman
  • Hope
  • Happiness
  • Understand

• What can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope?

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • I Know
  • I Hope
  • I Do

• History clearly demonstrates that governing is a task that exceeds man's ability.

  

  Nicolas Gomez Davila
  • Ability
  • Task
  • Governing