Johann Georg Zimmermann Quotes

Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.

Johann Georg Zimmermann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: December 8, 1728 - October 7, 1795

Topics

GreatWantBecomeLittleFortune

I know a lot of kids that if you don't know how to deal with them, you lose them. They don't come ready-made.

Jim Brown

YouLoseKnowDealComeKids

It was never my intention to hurt people's feelings.

Jesse Watters

PeopleHurtIntentionFeelingsNever

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

Jeanette Winterson

AmbitionBelieveThinkStillI Think

Everywhere you turn, there are lists and statistics. Any business, any sport, any hobby - we will try to categorize who is the best at some component of that endeavor. It's part human nature and part technology, since we have been conditioned to have access to answers and trivial problems at our fingertips.

Michael Gerber

NatureBusinessTechnologyBestYou

I was encouraged to stand for Parliament by David Cameron, and he has given me the opportunity to serve in what I believe is a great, reforming government. I think he is an outstanding Prime Minister.

Michael Gove

OpportunityGreatGovernmentMe

With drama, especially, it seems like the bigger the budgets and the edgier the characters, the more interesting they are. We're very lucky because 'Modern Family' wouldn't fit on cable: they'd want us to push it more and be edgier and turn it into something that it's not.

Steven Levitan

FamilyPushInterestingDramaWant

I think Bob Dylan showed us that songs can rise to the level of literature, and he proved it over and over again. That's why they keep trying to get him a Nobel Prize for literature: because there is no Nobel Prize for songwriting.

Mary Gauthier

ThinkLiteratureTryingRiseWhy

Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based on material elements at the core.

Lisa Randall

WorkScienceReligionThingsSocial

Fashion is being 'you.' It is a form of expression.

Disha Patani

FashionYouExpressionBeingForm

I feel so fortunate.

Christina Aguilera

FeelFortunateI Feel

Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking.

Chuck Palahniuk

DeathThinkingBeliefRealJustAny

This is a marathon in life. You can't be sprinting all the time or else you wear yourself out. You have to make sure you're taking care of yourself, keeping yourself grounded and not letting every little thing get you worked up.

Brian Moynihan

LifeTimeYourselfCareYouOut

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