Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

There is one form of hope which is never unwise, and which certainly does not diminish with the increase of knowledge. In that form it changes its name, and we call it patience.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• I hope to work till I'm an old lady.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Work
  • Hope
  • Lady

• The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

  

  Kamisese Mara
  • Work
  • Family
  • Fun

• The biggest danger for any organism is to not identify that it's being threatened. I want to hope that people realize that the source of danger and risk in the Middle East is not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but the deep radical Islamic vision of forming a global caliphate.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • People
  • Hope
  • Risk

• The fashion world is so interesting because it's always changing, but if you know yourself really well, despite of all the changes in the fashion trends, you know how to stay true to yourself.

  

  Yuna
  • World
  • True
  • Interesting

• Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Time
  • Mind
  • Changes

• There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope to start directing it.

  

  Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Children
  • Hope
  • Dark

• I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed.

  

  Barney Frank
  • People
  • Work
  • Hope

• Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • Knowledge
  • Education
  • Wisdom

• Even as the Internet has revived hope of a universal library and Google seems to promise an answer to every query, books have remained a dark region in the universe of information. We want books to be as accessible and searchable as the Web. On the other hand, we still want them to be books.

  

  Gary Wolf
  • Hope
  • Hand
  • Universe

• I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Good
  • Hope
  • Father

• I have no direct knowledge of this, but I suspect that Apple will launch a living room product that redefines people's expectations really strongly, and the notion of a separate console platform will disappear concurrent with Apple's announcement.

  

  Gabe Newell
  • People
  • Knowledge
  • Apple

• If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say.

  

  Barbara McClintock
  • Knowledge
  • Know
  • Right Track

• Knowledge leads to unity, but Ignorance to diversity. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • God
  • Long
  • True

• This is a highly motivated, good country. It is driven by good motives. But it is also a country with an extremely simplistic understanding of world affairs, and with still a high confidence in America’s capacity to prevail, by force if necessary. (...) This is a country of good emotions, but poor knowledge and little sophistication about the world.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • World
  • Good
  • Country

• Never could I tell, try as I might, what it actually was that I saw; nor could the still face tell, for although it must have seen more than I did, it will never speak again. But always I shall guard against the mocking and insatiate Hypnos, lord of sleep, against the night sky, and against the mad ambitions of knowledge and philosophy.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Night
  • Knowledge
  • Sleep

• There is only one hope for mankind - and that is democratic Socialism.

  

  Aneurin Bevan
  • Hope

• I know where I'm coming from; I know what I bring and what I take. I take more than I bring; I bring hope, but I give nothing. That's not the role I'm proud of.

  

  Don McCullin
  • Hope
  • Proud

• The audition process is always grueling. You always hope to just get offered things, and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

  

  Jake Abel
  • Hope

• I hope my fans will grow with me. I want to be like Michael Jackson: 5-year-olds love his music, and 75-year-olds love his music.

  

  Drake Bell
  • Music
  • Hope

• We live in one of the most complex ages for young, professional women.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Women
  • Live
  • Professional

• One thing we would talk about with my therapist is, "Well, you could feel bad about this, but you don't have to. You could be angry about this situation that you can't control or not." It really helped me with a lot of situations and helped me feel more at peace.

  

  Sasheer Zamata
  • Situation

• I don't know if it sounds arrogant or whatever, but I'm just trying to get better numbers than last year.

  

  Bobby Abreu
  • Numbers
  • Sounds
  • I Don't Know

• Do not yet see, that, if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • World
  • Single
  • Plant

• There is one form of hope which is never unwise, and which certainly does not diminish with the increase of knowledge. In that form it changes its name, and we call it patience.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Hope
  • Knowledge
  • Patience