Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterMenThinkNothingMore

Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.

Jimmy Carter

SelfNowWorshipUsIndulgenceMany

I'm not saying Obama is right on everything. Of course not. He may be wrong on a number of things. But what I do know is that he behaves like a very, very sane man almost all the time.

John Cleese

TimeManSayingWrongKnowRight

I have dreams that I will reach balance in my life, and, at forty-one, I have none.

Andrew Breitbart

LifeDreamsBalanceReachMy Life

Members of Congress and their staffs should be the first to feel the negative consequences of poorly written legislation, not the last.

Jeff Duncan

NegativeFeelConsequencesCongress

To primitive man, the sky was wonderful, mysterious and awesome, but he could not even dream of what was within the golden disk or silver points of light so far beyond his reach.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

LightSkyManReachDreamSilver

I never say no to any event that is associated with education.

Mohammad Azharuddin

EducationSayNeverEventAny

I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.

Denzel Washington

MoviesWatchFilmLotBuff

It's always tricky, meeting an author you've admired.

Christopher Buckley

YouMeetingAlwaysTrickyAuthor

So you want to take the risk, and you want to step out there; you do it because that's what we have to do as actors. And sometimes in TV, it becomes big, and it becomes about the entertainment, but also, we have to focus in on the work.

Corey Hawkins

WorkFocusStepYouSometimesWant

If you write an original, it's like you went in and dug a well, and you hit oil. But an adaptation, it's like the oil well's on fire, and they bring you in to put the fire out and get it working again - or something like that.

Brian Helgeland

FireYouOilWriteOutBring

Yes, the people I draw don't have a wide variety of looks. Every now and then I'll spruce it up, like a woman will be wearing a two-piece suit as opposed to a one-piece, or a man will not be wearing a tie; he'll just have a collar.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

WomanManPeopleLooksNowWill

I cherish the relationships and friendships I have with the people in my life and take every opportunity I have to make time for them.

Ali Krieger

LifeOpportunityTimePeopleMy Life

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