Bernard of Chartres Quotes

We the Moderns are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants the Ancients, and thus we are able to see more and farther than the latter.

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• Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Fame
  • Very
  • Shoulders

• Grace Jones was an influence, because I was like, 'These shoulders! These pants! Girls can wear pants and be awesome.' That's something I definitely embody.

  

  Lorde
  • Awesome
  • Girls
  • Shoulders

• Life is lived on its ownother's shoulders are used only at the time of funeral.

  

  Bhagat Singh
  • Life
  • Time
  • Life is

• The ancients knew something, which we seem to have forgotten.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Something
  • Forgotten
  • Have

• The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy. "The best of all ways to lengthen our days" is not, as Mr. Thomas Moore has it, "to steal a few hours from night, my love;" but, with leave be it spoken, to walk steadily and with a purpose. The wandering man knows of certain ancients, far gone in years, who have staved off infirmities and dissolution by earnest walking,-hale fellows close upon eighty and ninety, but brisk as boys.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Love
  • Happy
  • Purpose

• My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.

  

  William Golding
  • Faces
  • Steps
  • Shoulders

• I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.

  

  Graham Coxon Blur
  • Thinking
  • Drinking
  • Cynicism

• I just got diagnosed with tendonitis which is such an insulting diagnosis. Just point to my shoulder and say "old."

  

  Baron Vaughn
  • Shoulders
  • Diagnosis
  • Insulting

• Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it's your shoulders or your long legs!

  

  Tim Gunn
  • Legs
  • Shoulders
  • Feature

• The Prophet Joseph Smith warned us to ‘beware of self-righteousness’ and to enlarge our hearts toward all men and women until we feel ‘to take them upon our shoulders.

  

  Neil L. Andersen
  • Men
  • Heart
  • Feels

• As I go about my work as Premier, I know I stand on the shoulders of giants.

  

  Anna Bligh
  • Work
  • Shoulders
  • Premier

• I was lucky to have my dad in my life. As crazy as things got, I always had him to put his hand on my shoulder.

  

  Sharon Stone
  • Crazy
  • Hands
  • Lucky

• I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Head
  • Shoulders
  • Necks

• We've always had a chip on our shoulders.

  

  Chuck Darby
  • Shoulders
  • Chip

• They had a chip on their shoulders from last week. We told them all week what we expected out of them.

  

  Bret Bielema
  • Expected
  • Shoulders

• There are a lot of leg strains on the inside of the legs. There's a lot of pressure on your legs and knees. Shoulders are another big thing. We play a physical sport and those are the areas that go.

  

  Gerad Adams
  • Pressure
  • Sport
  • Physical

• I am a canvas of my experiences, my story is etched in lines and shading, and you can read it on my arms, my legs, my shoulders, and my stomach.

  

  Kat Von D
  • Stories
  • Canvas
  • Stomach

• One more thing," Megan said, stopping Doug in his tracks. His shoulders slumped and he turned around. "What? You want my kidney?" "I want in on the next ultimate Frisbee game," Megan said. Doug grinned. "You're playing skins." Megan grinned back. "We'll see about that.

  

  Kate Brian
  • Games
  • Skins
  • Ultimate

• O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

  

  Bahá'u'lláh
  • Heart
  • May
  • Son

• We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the people and the planet Earth.

  

  Evo Morales
  • Earth
  • Economic
  • Selfishness

• In Seesaw, I played Gittel Mosca, and because it was a musical, I loved it more because I was able to do anything. I was able to use all parts of me that I dont get to use... the comedy and the singing and the dancing.

  

  Michele Lee
  • Comedy
  • Singing
  • Dancing

• Love hath made thee a tame snake

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Love
  • Made
  • Thee

• We the Moderns are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants the Ancients, and thus we are able to see more and farther than the latter.

  

  Bernard of Chartres
  • Shoulders
  • Ancients
  • Moderns