George Washington Quotes

It is not the mere study of the Law, but to become eminent in the profession of it, which is to yield honor and profit.

George Washington

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• I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Honor
  • Down
  • Turn

• When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • You
  • Interesting
  • Study

• Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.

  

  Ed Parker
  • Study
  • Create
  • Often

• During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders.

  

  Bart Starr
  • Great
  • Business
  • Football

• I take it seriously that it's a privilege and honor to be a role model to young girls, both black and white. It's not something I take lightly.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Black
  • Model
  • Honor

• Scientology is the study of knowingness. It increases one's knowingness, but if a man were totally aware of what was going on around him, he would find it relatively simple to handle any outnesses in that.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • Man
  • Simple
  • Study

• Acting isn't a singular profession, it is a collaborate profession.

  

  Edie McClurg
  • Acting
  • Profession
  • Singular

• The identification of the genes which determine biological phenomena and the study of the control they exert on these phenomena has proven to be the most successful approach to a detailed understanding of the mechanism of biological processes.

  

  Baruj Benacerraf
  • Control
  • Understanding
  • Study

• I guess if you have an original take on life, or something about you is original, you don't have to study people who came before you. You don't have to mimic anybody. You just have a gut feeling inside, an instinct that tells you what's right for you, and you can't do it in any other way.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • People
  • Life
  • Feeling

• Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • History
  • Light
  • Honor

• I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Good
  • Love
  • Study

• The U.S. can become carbon neutral in our lifetimes. In the process, we will put millions of Americans to work, make our companies more competitive, and shield our communities from extreme weather. And we will honor our obligation to leave the world a better place for future generations.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • World
  • Work
  • Future

• Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.

  

  Maimonides
  • Study
  • Logic
  • Perfection

• I want to take piano lessons, I want to study at university, I want to travel, I want to do other parts, make another movie.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Movie
  • Want
  • Study

• Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, scene study and improving skills, you won't make it.

  

  Tara Strong
  • People
  • Study
  • Acting

• Grade school, middle school and high school were relatively easy for me, and with little studying, I was an honor student every semester, graduating 5th in my high school class.

  

  Ferid Murad
  • School
  • High
  • Honor

• Calvin Klein is such an iconic brand in fashion, so I feel like working with them means you're definitely doing something right. They bring validation to someone, not only in the fashion community but in someone's career, which is why it was such an honor to work with them.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Work
  • Why
  • Career

• They had done him the honor to take him for a madman, but had set him free on discovering that he was only a poet.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Done
  • Free
  • Honor

• I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.

  

  Pierce Brown
  • Writing
  • School
  • Learning

• I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • People
  • World
  • Proud

• Nothing is everything that doesn't happen at this very moment.

  

  Martin Heidegger
  • Everything
  • Nothing

• I never hated hip-hop. It became the new rock and roll. It became the biggest thing that Africans have ever done in the history of the Americas. Hip-hop put more black Americans on than anything before it. It fed more people. It allowed them to diversify into clothing lines and billion-dollar headphone companies.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • People
  • Done
  • History

• I'm interested in that whole question of where we wear our identity and how can we see it.

  

  Tilda Swinton
  • Identity
  • Whole

• It is not the mere study of the Law, but to become eminent in the profession of it, which is to yield honor and profit.

  

  George Washington
  • Study
  • Honor
  • Profession