W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.

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• If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.

  

  Carlos Alazraqui
  • People
  • Work
  • Name

• When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • Want
  • Powerful
  • Perspective

• I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Devil
  • Afraid

• I remember doing one of those computer careers tests. It told me I'd make an ideal HGV lorry driver because I've got 100 per cent spatial awareness. I'd be able to back them into tight parking spots.

  

  Olivia Colman
  • Remember
  • Me
  • Doing

• I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • City
  • Washington
  • Call

• Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.

  

  Malcolm Wallop
  • Architecture
  • Republican

• The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Movement
  • Presentation

• Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Life
  • Work
  • Star

• If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Life
  • American
  • Success

• If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Truth
  • True
  • Care

• Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.

  

  Otto Rank
  • Give
  • Birth
  • Shalt

• I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.

  

  Garik Israelian
  • May
  • Career
  • Science

• Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
  • Up
  • Music
  • Kids

• Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.

  

  Karl Shapiro
  • Speak
  • Name
  • Grass

• A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Important
  • Goal
  • Cap

• I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.

  

  Im Dong-Hyun
  • Myself
  • Try
  • Results

• No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.

  

  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
  • Dreams
  • Achieve
  • Her

• Being on 'SNL' gives you a unique experience that almost no one else has. It's like Harvard for the comic actor.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • Experience
  • Unique
  • Actor

• An undevout astronomer is mad.

  

  Edward Young
  • Mad

• It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

  

  Bryant H. McGill
  • People
  • Work
  • Experience

• The great thing about a name like 'Cougar Town' is that you hear it once and you remember it forever. It's a very 'loud' title. But there's a connection to the word 'cougar' that means a lot of people are going to be turned off right away by the title alone without even giving the show a chance.

  

  Dan Byrd
  • People
  • Great
  • Remember

• Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• I like working. I wish I could say I made a deliberate choice to comedy, but it's just what came my way. It's what the studios wanted to make. Some of my friends were doing it, like Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and they offered me 'Talladega Nights.' It's just nice work if you can get it. It's a joyful day at work, making your friends laugh.

  

  John C. Reilly
  • Work
  • Friends
  • Nice

• The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Work
  • Truth