John George Nicolay Quotes

Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress.

John George Nicolay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 26, 1832 - September 26, 1901

Topics

MenEnoughCongressFirstFortunate

I seem to have tireless energy when I get involved in things, on an almost OCD basis, which is a good way to do things because if you're gonna do something, you'd better make sure you do it well.

Jimmy Page

GoodEnergyBetterYouWaySeem

I like to change people's sense of what's possible.

Jim Yong Kim

ChangePeoplePossibleSenseLike

There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.

John Lasseter

JobCreativeTalentI AmAmazing

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.

John Wooden

FriendshipFriendMarriageDoingYou

I'm pretty involved in everything I do, which isn't always efficient and doesn't necessarily make for the more successful product. But I do feel that, in that sense, everything I do has a comprehensiveness to it.

Sufjan Stevens

FeelProductMoreAlwaysEverything

We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.

Roger Moore

PlaceNiceFranceExcellentWhich

The belief when your mother gives you away is that there's something deeply wrong. Mothers don't give babies away. There's something wrong with me, something unlovable, something seriously flawed in me. It's a fundamental thing; it's precognitive. You feel it rather than think it. How could you not?

Mary Gauthier

MotherMeThinkFeelYouWrong

I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.

Martin Winterkorn

AmbitionFaceProblemEntrepreneur

I believed in realism, as summarized by John McCarthy's comment to the effect that if we worked really hard, we'd have an intelligent system in from four to four hundred years.

Marvin Minsky

IntelligentHardYearsSystemFour

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

Milan Kundera

DogPeaceDoingBackBoringNothing

I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow.

Johnny Mercer

CowNeverCowboySawWho

It's interesting trying to make something as truthful as possible, but playing someone who is still alive is quite a weird thing.

Chloe Pirrie

WeirdInterestingSomeoneTrying

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