Cato the Younger (Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis) Quotes

Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.

Cato the Younger

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• When I am behind and I am looking ahead and there is that line in front of you, of that guy, of winning and losing, then I really hang it out there and take big risks to make the speed up, and then I'm pretty good at passing.

  

  Nate Holland
  • Up
  • Good
  • Guy

• My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.

  

  Jack Davenport
  • Good
  • School
  • Parents

• I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.

  

  Sam Crawford
  • Money
  • Lot
  • Telephone

• I like to be supportive and a role model.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Like
  • Model
  • Role

• I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?

  

  Karen Duffy
  • Live
  • Care
  • Research

• I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Home
  • Night
  • Fight

• Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.

  

  Zach Anner
  • Gold
  • Most
  • Even

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

  

  Rachel Dratch
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Space

• I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Long
  • History
  • View

• If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Attention
  • Away
  • Acne

• I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Important
  • Society
  • Most

• The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.

  

  Gail Sheehy
  • Life
  • Action
  • Lies

• When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Work
  • Character
  • Destiny

• Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Down
  • Mine
  • Appearances

• Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.

  

  Valerie Bertinelli
  • Home
  • Easy
  • Coffee

• The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

  

  Nathaniel Branden
  • Change
  • Acceptance
  • Step

• I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.

  

  Dan Marino
  • Guy
  • Game
  • Kind

• I surrender to my directors. I do that because I respect them immensely. In fact, a director's talent scares me. I admit that they're more intelligent than me, and I submit to that, as an assistant director does. Even when I have suggestions to make, I don't state them strongly.

  

  Vijay Sethupathi
  • Respect
  • Intelligent
  • Talent

• Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades who also happens to be Muslim.

  

  Reza Aslan
  • Christianity
  • Including
  • Scholar

• Google can say they are not in the content business, but if they are paying people and distributing and archiving their work, it is getting harder to make that case.

  

  Jason Calacanis
  • People
  • Work
  • Business

• All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.

  

  Otto Dix
  • Time
  • Art
  • Effort

• I don't want to find myself ever locked into what people think I should think or do. In my art, and acting, I have a universal vision of things, an international vision. Bigger and broader and beyond. 'Bigger than life' is always on my mind.

  

  Billy Dee Williams
  • People
  • Life
  • Mind

• Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.

  

  Cato the Younger
  • Art
  • Company
  • Arise