Leland Stanford Quotes

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.

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• Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.

  

  Nancy Duarte
  • Moment
  • Become
  • Significance

• My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.

  

  Wayne Thiebaud
  • Want
  • Sin
  • Paint

• Look at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. They have all entered many sectors, and actually, in many of those sectors, they weren't as early as Tencent.

  

  Ma Huateng
  • Look
  • Early
  • Google

• My friends I grew up with were so supportive to me. And I'm not the only one who's done well.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Done
  • Friends
  • Well

• When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Money
  • Single
  • Author

• I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.

  

  Nate Powell
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Women

• I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Life
  • Country
  • Parents

• People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

  

  Balthazar Getty
  • Great
  • Bad
  • History

• I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.

  

  Victoria Abril
  • Great
  • Sun
  • Makeup

• Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Happiness
  • Cause
  • Others

• I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.

  

  Yuna
  • Me
  • Criticism
  • Down

• You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.

  

  Lance Henriksen
  • Work
  • You
  • Sound

• Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • World
  • God
  • Heart

• Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.

  

  Barbara Olson
  • Power
  • Attention
  • Influence

• Dinosaurs are built just like birds - they can squat down, they can get up. Mammals, when we lay down, we throw our legs out to the sides - birds cannot do that. Dinosaurs could not do that either.

  

  Jack Horner
  • Up
  • Down
  • Sides

• My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Home
  • Black
  • Light

• I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • Me
  • Three
  • Bicycle

• I'm definitely an independent person, and I don't need boyfriends all the time.

  

  Amanda Hearst
  • Time
  • Independent

• I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. That's a horrible existence for people.

  

  Phil McGraw
  • People
  • Control

• Don't you love the new crazy Britney, she's our new Liza.

  

  Kathy Griffin
  • She
  • Crazy

• If you create incredible value and information for others that can change their lives - and you always stay focused on that service - the financial success will follow.

  

  Brendon Burchard
  • Success
  • Value
  • Service

• I would like to see an end to war, poverty, and unnecessary human suffering. But I can't see it in a monetary-based system where the richest nations control most of the world's resources.

  

  Jacque Fresco
  • World
  • War
  • Control

• Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.

  

  Leland Stanford
  • Important
  • Value