Cecil Rhodes Quotes
Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the world's surface being limited, the great object of present humanity should be to take as much of the world as it possibly could.
Quotes to Explore
-
Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity.
-
In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.
-
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
-
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
-
My mother taught me to read.
-
I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
-
For me, any book I'm writing is also a chance to get in and research and read and learn things that I maybe only knew a little bit about before.
-
The greatest service that can be offered to children who show personality traits or inclinations that might not be understood by the adults around them is to allow them to express their own unique humanity.
-
You can't believe everything you read. I am only six foot three, by the way.
-
I tend to read non-fiction.
-
I stopped caring so much about what people might think if I sung about love and humanity.
-
I often don't read reviews.
-
The very name 'Manson' has become a metaphor for evil... He has come to represent the dark and malignant side of humanity, and for whatever reason, there is a side of human nature that is fascinated with ultimate evil.
-
'Vote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity.
-
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
-
I read Spider-Man, and that's how I knew about Wilson Fisk.
-
Be certain of this: that the highest aim of creation and its most important result are belief in God. The most exalted rank in humanity and its highest degree are the knowledge of God contained within belief in God.
-
Every time we ignore the suffering of others or stand by and watch, we do not only act against our own interests but we violate a part of our humanity.
-
When I read, you know, a rough neighborhood of Portland, I'm like - what? - they didn't have kombucha bars there?
-
The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.
-
We are at a unique moment in history - when a woman’s body is affected, we say the choice is hers; but when a boy’s body is affected, we say the choice is not his - the law requires our 18 year old sons to register for the draft, and therefore potential death-if-needed.
-
You don't always need all of the bells and the whistles. I learned in my life, throughout my journey, that I'm enough. I don't need all of the extras. I just live my truth, and as long as I do that, I feel like I'll be good in whatever circumstance.
-
If you call a hundred dollars but have a chance to win $10,000, those are excellent odds if you are at a table with people who have two aces or two kings. If you catch a flop you will get all their chips. I just play them because there is value.
-
Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the world's surface being limited, the great object of present humanity should be to take as much of the world as it possibly could.
