George Pope Morris Quotes

A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.

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• I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Wealth

• A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.

  

  Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • Feeling
  • Opinion
  • Stand

• I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.

  

  Earl Campbell
  • Good
  • You
  • Run

• The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Middle
  • East
  • Obviously

• Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.

  

  Natan Sharansky
  • Nature
  • Peace
  • Attention

• I love nothing more than a good, rich, dark chocolate. It exhilarates. It satisfies.

  

  Abigail Spencer
  • Good
  • Love
  • Dark

• I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Live
  • Future
  • Past

• Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Nice
  • Rock
  • Waiting

• Probability is a liberal art; it is a child of skepticism, not a tool for people with calculators on their belts to satisfy their desire to produce fancy calculations and certainties.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • People
  • Art
  • Desire

• It was like the Beatles had arrived, you know. These four elderly ladies, and they were screaming for us-screaming for us. It was wonderful.

  

  Bea Arthur

• A spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny; if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • America
  • Destiny

• When there's anything to steal, I steal

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Anything
  • Steal

• One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Book

• There’s so much goodness there, and such a value placed on education, which is sort of universal among Jews around the world. I appreciate that obviously, to be a part of that.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • World
  • Education
  • Value

• These problems do not disappear just because we do not hear about them. There is so much more happening around the world than what is communicated to us about the top stories we do hear. We all need to look deeper and discover for ourselves.... What is the problem? Where is it? How can we help to solve it?

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • World
  • Help

• Curb Your Enthusiasm, is not so much about Hollywood. It's more about Larry's weaknesses.

  

  Kevin Nealon

• There have been times when I have goofed up, and like every adolescent, I sometimes did get led the wrong way. I would come back home really scared to face my mom's wrath and anger, but surprisingly, I never got to face one. She would always tell me in a very nice manner that what I did was wrong and that I should correct myself.

  

  Karan Patel
  • Up
  • Home
  • She

• I mean, I have done scenes with animals, with owls, with bats, with cats, with special effects, with thespians, in the freezing cold, in the pouring rain, boiling hot; I've done press with every syndication, every country; I've done interviews with people dressed up as cows - there's honestly nothing that's gonna intimidate me!

  

  Emma Watson
  • People
  • Up
  • Country

• A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

  

  Sophocles
  • Mind
  • Learning
  • Wise

• I grew up with 'The Denver Post' and the 'Golden Transcript.' There was never a moment that I thought I'd work at the 'New York Times.' My goal, starting out, was just to see if I could be a journalist.

  

  John Branch
  • Up
  • Work

• Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.

  

  Jose Rizal
  • Today
  • Tomorrow
  • Independence

• "Lay the knife at the tips of your fingers," Rob commanded. "So close youcan feel the blade against your skins. Then cut the shadow away." Jared had been silent in her head. Now Kami turned her mind to his and let his thoughts and feelings flow through her. Kami, please, please wait just another moment, Jared begged, I'll save you, and later I'll be better, I'll do anything you want, be anything you want me to be. Please don't do it.

  

  Sarah Rees Brennan
  • Mind
  • Moments
  • Waiting

• A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.

  

  George Pope Morris
  • Learning
  • Rain
  • Cloud