John Buchanan Robinson Quotes

But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.

John Buchanan Robinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 23, 1846 - January 28, 1933

Topics

KnowledgeHimOwnOnlyDomination

It seems to me obviously axiomatic that markets are not magical, that they're organised in a range of regulated entities created by men. We decide in what we will have markets, and we decide how the rules work and how they'll conduct themselves.

John Lanchester

WorkMenMeRulesWillDecide

Baseball is my job, and I love it, but it can't be the only thing I've got going on.

Matt Harvey

LoveJobBaseballGotGoingOnly

Our approach to making games is to find the fun first and then use the technology to enhance the fun.

Sid Meier

TechnologyFunFindGamesFirstOur

Stories are the rich, unseen underlayer of the most ordinary moments.

Mary Gaitskill

RichMomentsOrdinaryMostStories

Though many of Obsidian's games have featured wry, sardonic humor, the developer has stuck to more serious fantasy and sci-fi themes.

Jason Schreier

HumorSeriousGamesFantasyMore

The only thing that holds the government back from just going ballistic on us is the Second Amendment. When we become disarmed, it's over. It's over.

Derrick Grayson

GovernmentBackBecomeAmendmentUs

When I was a kid, we played a jump rope game called double Dutch - where you had to jump over two ropes swinging in opposite directions. Picking just the right moment to jump in was a practiced art form.

Chris Gardner

ArtMomentGameYouJumpRight

The biggest thing my dad taught me was to play without fear.

Christian Pulisic

FearMePlayWithoutTaughtThing

In many a piece of music, it's the pause or the rest that gives the piece its beauty and its shape. And I know I, as a writer, will often try to include a lot of empty space on the page so that the reader can complete my thoughts and sentences and so that her imagination has room to breathe.

Pico Iyer

BeautyMusicImaginationSpaceRest

Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change course, but not easily swayed from its new path when it does.

Shashi Tharoor

ChangePathProgressDemocracyNew

Hewitt is such a fighter on the court; he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him.

Richard Krajicek

FighterNeverHimUpBeatCourt

I don't have tremendous physical vitality since I had a neck operation, and I'm more aware than I used to be of the tedium of acting.

Richard Burton

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