“Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 41 of 303
“I consider it a good rule for letter-writing to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new.”
“Science is voiceless; it is the scientists who talk.”
“It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.”
“It is not for nothing, either, that the umbrella has become the very foremost badge of modern civilization--the Urim and Thummim of respectability. . . . So strongly do we feel on this point, indeed, that we are almost inclined to consider all who possess really well-conditioned umbrellas as worthy of the Franchise.”
“You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you.”
“A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.”
“There are two kinds of authors - subjective and objective. Introverts are more inward looking.”
“The best of us must sometimes eat our words.”
“Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.”
“I think the ultimate challenge is to have some kind of style and grace, even though you haven't got money, or standing in society, or formal education. I had a very middle, lower-middle class sort of upbringing, but I identify with people who've had, at some point in their lives to struggle to survive. It adds another color to your character.”
“To me, the whole process of being a brush stroke in someone else's painting is a little difficult”
“I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other...The trouble, of course, is that most successful men are prone to some form of vanity. There comes a stage in their lives when they consider it permissible to be egotistic and to brag to the public at large about their unique achievements.”
“To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.”
“There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.”
“There's a lot of difference between listening and hearing.”
“The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it. As for myself, I'm not really sure who I am. I change every day.”
“There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony.”
“A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.”
“I don’t understand anything...and I no longer want to understand anything. I want to stick to the fact...If I wanted to understand something, I would immediately have to betray the fact, but I’ve made up my mind to stick to the fact.”