John Lubbock Quotes

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

John Lubbock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 30, 1834 - May 28, 1913

Topics

EducationManWiseLearnTeachWill

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

Jill Sobule

GoodPressWhoGoesDictum

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

John Cheever

FearHouseKnifeHerLikeYour

We have a duty as the state to protect our economy... We are for the protection of intellectual property.

Angela Merkel

IntellectualDutyProtectEconomy

I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.

Amanda Burton

CharacterGreatPeopleIdeasStart

You just don't heal that easy unless you're young.

Sugar Ray Leonard

EasyYouYoungJustHealUnless

In this business, if you don't pay your debts you're finished.

Roger Stone

BusinessYouPayYourFinished

If all you have to offer is a look that is supposed to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a tenth as long as you would be if when you speak you are interesting.

Julia Roberts

SpeakInterestingAttentionYouLook

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.

Jason Silva

BeautifulArchitectureBuildingLook

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Joseph Joubert

ChildrenWrinklesAlwaysPains

Companies are not lead by a single person; they're lead by a group of individuals collectively making good decisions on behalf of the company.

Chieh Huang

GoodDecisionsPersonGroupCompany

I love my life as a missionary, keeping myself on the front lines. The image in my mind is that God, my general, stands at the door when I go out every morning; and, knowing what the war is like, day after day he gives me his most powerful weapon: his Spirit. For this I am grateful.

Clayton M. Christensen

LifeLoveMorningGodMyselfDay

I did not wake up one day and say, 'I wanna be famous.' I did not wake up and say, 'I wanna be a UFC fighter.' I woke up and said, 'I want to be successful at something I want to do. I want to fight.'

CM Punk

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