John Abbott Quotes

'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'

John Abbott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: March 12, 1821 - October 30, 1893

Topics

ManWiseQuestionsYouKnowNever

Being a champion is not just being a frontrunner and being ahead, but it's facing adversity.

Andre Ward

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A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.

Jean Rostand

TimeFeelNeedSameWellQuarrel

As women, we're trying to be the best mothers and partners and have careers. We're trying to do so much. It's okay to say to other women, 'How do you do this?' Because I honestly don't know. The more we are honest, the more you realize we're all just trying to figure this out.

Amanda de Cadenet

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BlackBerry required tethering for some routine operations, and for many, the only way to integrate corporate mail was to keep a PC running all the time.

Steven Sinofsky

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I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.

Louie Anderson

MyselfResponsibilityPeopleSorry

This game, it seems when you play it the best, is when you're not really thinking a lot and just reacting and keeping it at its simplest point - just see it and hit it.

Jason Giambi

BestGameThinkingYouPlaySee

I feel like I could dominate the origami field. I think I have enormous potential in that area.

Jon Cryer

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Die and born again, die and born again. It's the story of my life.

Donatella Versace

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As I get older, I'm trying to accept improvisation into my day-to-day living.

Colin Mochrie

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It's important that Donald Trump and what he represents - this kind of ethnic, quote, 'conservatism,' or populism - be so decisively rebuked that the Republican Party, the Republican voters will forever learn their lesson that they cannot nominate a man so manifestly unqualified to be president in any way, shape, or form.

Bret Stephens

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I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.

Brooke Burke

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I pay lots of homages. I wanted to pay tribute to a leading Iranian writer, Gholam - Hossein Sa'edi, who is buried in Paris - he is an Iranian Arthur Miller. He is of a similar stature, and his work is similar to that of Arthur Miller.

Asghar Farhadi

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