Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MomentManRightRight ManWho

Conservation is an American value, and it is lacking from this bill.

Jim Costa

ValueAmericanConservationLacking

I'm very ditsy and a klutz. I've been known to walk on stage and fall over my dress.

Jessica Simpson

WalkDressFallOverStageBeen

Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village.

John George Nicolay

StrengthMenIntelligenceAmbition

Protestantism has actually put a man in the position of a country governed by secret police. The spy and eavesdropper, 'conscience,' watches over every motion of the mind, and all thought and action is for it a 'matter of conscience,' i.e. police business.

Max Stirner

BusinessPoliceManMindAction

With a corset on, you can't breathe properly.

Mia Wasikowska

YouBreatheCorsetProperly

In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.

Sitting Bull

LearnEarlyDaysThingsEager

That is, the wife must care for what the husband cares for if he is to remain resolute.

Mary Harris Jones

WifeHusbandCareMustCaresHe

I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He's my cousin by birth and my brother in music.

Mike Love

LoveMusicBeachFireI AmBrother

One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was a successful writer, he earned a living. And it was a shock for me to find out that it was actually hard to make a living as a writer.

Michael Tolkin

FatherMeFindLivingHardOut

I really believe that beauty comes from health - sensible eating and exercise.

Dita Von Teese

BeautyHealthEatingBelieveReally

Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what you are.

Dick Cavett

YourselfYouAdmitSometimesNeed

The idea the president of the United States was warned that Al-Qaeda was going to attack the United States and did nothing about it - really? Do you think any president of the United States, if he had even an inkling there was going to be an attack, they wouldn't have moved heaven and earth to try to stop it?

Condoleezza Rice

ThinkYouHeavenEarthStopNothing

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