John Lothrop Motley Quotes

Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.

John Lothrop Motley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 15, 1814 - May 29, 1877

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ExperienceEnthusiasmPlaceSupply

When you do anything creative, you really have to live entirely in that world. I think my ability to do that is what makes me such a bad dinner guest. I'm always looking over someone's shoulder, taking in stuff around the room, immersed in the world of whatever I'm writing about, and keeping the characters completely in my head.

Stephan Pastis

LiveCreativeMeDinnerWorldThink

Investing in ports with partners is a very common model for us.

Soren Skou

InvestingUsCommonModelPartners

I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.

Travis Barker

FoodDietNeedProteinJustChanged

Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right.

Toni Collette

MeThinkRightThingsDifferent

All Pro Dad is an organization that started down in Tampa in 1997. And it was just a group of us who felt like we weren't doing as good a job as our fathers did in connecting with kids and being there and being involved in their lives, working and coaching and spending all the time we had to. We just felt badly.

Tony Dungy

GoodTimeJobOrganizationDoing

Businesses perform better when you have diversity of view in your senior leadership positions. This is not just the right thing to do socially; it's the right thing to do for your business.

Ruth Porat

LeadershipBusinessDiversityBetter

If there is a thread that unites all of our work, whether it's in Iowa or whether it's in Maryland or whether it's among our young men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan, I believe that it's the thread of human dignity.

Martin O'Malley

WorkWomenMenBelieveDignity

I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out.

Michael Ondaatje

StoryPlanDownWriteBoredOut

The difference between being able to understand something and inventing it in the first place... is called genius.

Craig Bruce

GeniusPlaceUnderstandFirstBeing

My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes the studios accept what Joe Blo says - and this guy could just be a frustrated filmmaker, or not paying attention.

Antoine Fuqua

ExperiencePeopleAttentionYouKnow

I don't want to just sell out shows to young girls who like my movie franchise. I want to sell tickets because people respect me.

Ansel Elgort

RespectPeopleMeYoungWantOut

Violence does not contribute to anything.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

ViolenceAnythingDoesContribute

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