Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832

Topics

ThoughtsWorldActionThinkingEasy

I've been watching 'American Idol' since I was five years old.

Jessica Sanchez

AmericanOldWatchingYearsIdol

We need to recognize that we can't allow people that are aberrations of nature to take away the joys and freedoms that we enjoy.

John Hickenlooper

NaturePeopleEnjoyNeedTakeAway

I never went through a gender identity problem, but I did with my sexuality.

Robert Lepage

IdentityGenderProblemNeverDid

It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it.

Robert Musil

RealityPossibilitiesNothingMore

My business affairs are entirely proper, and no amount of smear, rumour or innuendo will alter that fact.

Michael Ashcroft

BusinessWillFactAlterProper

I never read. I've never read one book... I just can't do it. Something's wrong with me. I have what they call now is 'ADD,' like I'll read and all of a sudden I'll be thinking about shopping or... I'm not there. I drift off. I get crazy, so I don't even bother.

Steve Jones

MeCrazyShoppingBookThinkingNow

My sister is older than me and would often go off, so I grew up alone in a sense. I had to amuse myself and developed a wonderful fantasy world and quite happily lived in it. I think, in adulthood, that helped me. I love pottering on my own.

Amanda Donohoe

LoveAloneMyselfMeSisterWorld

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Silius Italicus

TideFortuneMakeHasteSoon

I don't really like watching 3-D.

Roger Deakins

WatchingLikeReally

People very often say to actors that they admire their careers, and I rather think that what's implied by that is that we have a choice in the matter. When really, most actors, me included, do whatever comes along next.

Roger Rees

PeopleMeThinkChoiceSayAdmire

I want to do what I like and that's play football.

Royston Drenthe

FootballPlayWantPlay Football

Climate change is the 800-pound gorilla in the living room that the media dances around. But in the scientific community, it's a settled question: 95 percent of scientists believe this is happening with 100 percent confidence temperatures are rising.

Michio Kaku

ChangeConfidenceCommunityBelieve

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