Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

To be sure, we have inherited abilities, but our development we owe to thousands of influences coming from the world around us from which we appropriate what we can and what is suitable to us.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• I'm usually late to the game on shows and watch them after they've aired. But I love 'House of Cards,' 'The Killing,' 'Orange Is the New Black,' loved 'True Detective,' and 'Arrested Development' when it was on. Also 'The Wire,' though I was way late to the game on that.

  

  Finn Wittrock
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• Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum.

  

  Gagan Narang
  • Important
  • Kids
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• Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend.

  

  Ibrahim Babangida
  • Development
  • Modern

• I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.

  

  Marc Andreesen
  • Poverty
  • Development
  • Bullish

• It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.

  

  Ma Jun
  • People
  • True
  • Development

• I am very excited and delighted to be an important part of the development of corporate America.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
  • America
  • Development
  • Excited

• My next goal is for Shenzhen to become the model of environmentally-friendly and sustainable development.

  

  Wang Shi
  • Goal
  • Model
  • Development

• What the Greeks and Romans considered myths, we consider fairy tales. We can see how very clearly the myths, which emanated from all cultures, had a huge influence on the development of the modern fairy tale.

  

  Jack Zipes
  • See
  • Influence
  • Development

• I am interested in classic building development, such as hotels and residential homes, rather than commercial properties.

  

  Yelena Baturina
  • Building
  • Development
  • Commercial

• The Make in India campaign has taken off and is backed with skill development. It is going to open new vistas for employment for the youth.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Taken
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  • Youth

• NEPA's common sense approach to foster discussion and collaboration about major development projects has worked well to protect our national treasures and resources.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Development
  • Collaboration

• Because I am interested in the growth and development of early hominids, I play with my kids, you know, looking at their teeth or measuring their heads, which they like also, because it's kind of fun.

  

  Zeresenay Alemseged
  • Kids
  • Growth
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• People want development. Not everyone knows what it means. Same as jobs. Not everyone knows what a job is, but people want jobs.

  

  Adam Giles
  • People
  • Job
  • Development

• Turkey is a model of economic and social development, especially in terms of human resources and regional cooperation.

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Model
  • Development
  • Cooperation

• There should be order if the development of the cyber world is to be sustainable.

  

  Ma Huateng
  • World
  • Development
  • Cyber

• The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • High
  • Poetry
  • Drama

• If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them.

  

  Ralph Merkle
  • Technology
  • New
  • Development

• A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.

  

  Andrew Bernstein
  • Men
  • Purpose
  • Hero

• Morality makes stupid.- Custom represents the experiences of men of earlier times as to what they supposed useful and harmful - but the sense for custom (morality) applies, not to these experiences as such, but to the age, the sanctity, the indiscussability of the custom. And so this feeling is a hindrance to the acquisition of new experiences and the correction of customs: that is to say, morality is a hindrance to the development of new and better customs: it makes stupid.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Stupid
  • Development
  • Experiences

• I don't want anybody, whether it's my grandchildren or any of our employees' grandchildren, to have to apologise for working for Ford Motor Company. In fact, I want the opposite. I want them to look and say, 'What a difference we made!'

  

  William Clay Ford, Jr.
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• The strife of politics tends to unsettle the calmest understanding, and ulcerate the most benevolent heart. There are no bigotries or absurdities too gross for parties to create or adopt under the stimulus of political passions.

  

  Edwin Percy Whipple
  • Understanding
  • Politics
  • Create

• The building block of every community is family.

  

  Paul Singer
  • Family
  • Community
  • Block

• A lot of songs are empowering because everybody who has been through a hard time in a relationship or in their lives can relate to it.

  

  Nicole Scherzinger
  • Relationship
  • Songs
  • Relate

• To be sure, we have inherited abilities, but our development we owe to thousands of influences coming from the world around us from which we appropriate what we can and what is suitable to us.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Development
  • Appropriate
  • Suitable