John Dalberg-Acton Quotes

The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.

John Dalberg-Acton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 10, 1834 - June 19, 1902

Topics

FutureKnowledgePowerSciencePast

The standup thing has been really fun, really seeing the United States instead of reading about it.

Jennifer Coolidge

FunReadingSeeingUnitedBeen

I dish the dirt out and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it?

Jeremy Clarkson

MotherChildrenI CanWhyDirtOut

I don't know how films get made, and I think I'll leave it to other people.

John Tiffany

PeopleThinkKnowLeaveGetMade

My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.

Robert Ballard

FamilyNewUpHalfSplitVirginia

I don't have an iPod.

Mary Timony

iPod

Mulan is so important in Chinese folklore - a fearless girl who cared about her family and country so much that she was willing to join the fight and sacrifice herself.

Ming-Na Wen

FamilyGirlSacrificeFightFearless

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

Jason Patric

GreatVanityImportantNowMovies

'Sing It Again Rod' touches all the solo bases since Stewart's departure from the Jeff Beck Band, wherein he cut his teeth on American audiences for $75 a week plus expenses, and wisely ignores his generally inferior work with the Faces.

Jon Landau

WorkAmericanWeekTeethBandSolo

Okay, so, when I was a kid, definitely the drawings and the illustration. Then I stopped in sixth grade or so. And then I started again when I was in my twenties. I really didn't progress since then, so the way I draw is the way I drew in sixth grade.

Demetri Martin

ProgressWayOkayKidStartedAgain

When you watch television shows, as good as they are, like 'Joan of Arcadia' and 'Touched by an Angel,' everything is this kind of mishmash of faith but not any specific religion.

David Seltzer

GoodFaithReligionAngelYouKind

If they need me to score 30, I can go do it. If they need me to just rebound and defend, I can do that. I can play this game, just in case people forgot. You just carry that chip on your shoulder, and you go out there and do what I was put on this Earth to do.

Chris Bosh

PeopleMeGameYouEarthPlay

It was a confusing time in my life, a really bad day at the office.

Boris Becker

LifeTimeDayBad DayMy LifeBad

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