John Joly Quotes

The sediments of the past are many miles in collective thickness: yet the feeble silt of the rivers built them all from base to summit.

John Joly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 1, 1857 - December 8, 1933

Topics

PastMilesCollectiveRiversSummit

Hillary Clinton needs the single ladies' vote. I call them 'The Beyonce Voters' - the single ladies.

Jesse Watters

VoteSingleCallNeedsThemVoters

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

DoorWorldWillCleanEveryoneOwn

Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.

John Oliver

PoliticsAmericaBecomeNarcissism

Heroes aren't always people who save others in the normal sense. Sometimes they're people who keep trying even when things seem impossible.

Jeff Vandermeer

PeopleImpossibleTryingSometimes

I went to the University of San Francisco on an athletic scholarship. I didn't study in high school. I was just there to get by and to play basketball. But a funny thing happened to me when I got to college. I got challenged by the work and the professors.

Michael Franti

WorkFunnySchoolCollegeMePlay

I was waiting for the world to change. I'm no longer waiting; I'm part of that movement. I think our role as performers and entertainers is so much bigger.

Alyssa Edwards

ChangeWaitingWorldThinkMovement

I love to create this green juice shake made from kale, spinach, cucumber and wheatgrass. The nutrients in the juice help me recover after a tough workout. The Kale Banana Smoothie at LYFE Kitchen is very similar to my recipe and is fantastic.

Troy Polamalu

LoveMeGreenKitchenToughHelp

The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems.

Robert D. Kaplan

KnowledgeHistoryProblemsThink

The clarification of visual forms and their organization in integrated patterns as well as the attribution of such forms to suitable objects is one of the most effective training grounds of the young mind.

Rudolf Arnheim

TrainingMindOrganizationYoung

I just write about how I'm feeling at the time. If I feel like being cheeky and a bit straight up and a bit aggressive, you'll hear that in my music. If I feel like being very vulnerable and opening up about something personal, you'll hear that, too.

Little Simz

MusicTimeFeelYouPersonalWrite

I'd rather have a hot dog than caviar.

Juan Pablo Montoya

DogHotRatherCaviarThanHot Dog

When I was working at Gilt, a lot of people at the time - this is back in 2009; Gilt launched in 2007 - were making their first fashion purchases online and at a discount.

Aslaug Magnusdottir

TimePeopleFashionBackFirstWere

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