Max Beerbohm Quotes

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

Max Beerbohm

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 24, 1872 - May 20, 1956

Topics

WorkDoubtDoneWithoutFineToil

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.

John Pilger

WritingRealityLooksTestDaysOur

No biographical subject is ever on hold with the orthodontist. If there's a dry spell, it's your job to curtail or eliminate it.

Stacy Schiff

JobHoldDryYourSpellSubject

You may be trying to drive in a particular direction that people don't necessarily understand at first. In our case, we knew the users we had in mind for this product. So in the early days, we looked at our customers, really just testers at that point, and we paid extra attention to the teams we knew should be using Slack successfully.

Stewart Butterfield

PeopleMindDriveDirectionYou

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion.

Tony Campolo

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Transcending what terrifies you and finding freedom from fear is one of the primary pursuits of people rising to world-class, both in their work and within their lives.

Robin S. Sharma

WorkFearFreedomPeopleFinding

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Mary Shelley

WomenPowerMenWishOver

Time travel and teleportation will have to wait. It may take centuries to master these technology. But within the coming decades, we will understand dark matter, perhaps test string theory, find planets which can harbor life, and maybe have Brain 2.0, i.e. our consciousness on a disk which will survive even after we die.

Michio Kaku

LifeTechnologyTimeTravelWait

I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going.

Miroslav Vitous

AgeTeacherMeKnowThreeViolin

It's 2016. Men are more vulnerable than ever.

Julia Michaels

MenMoreThanEverVulnerable

Cotton candy is the most amazing form of caramelization ever invented by man.

Jose Andres

ManAmazingCandyCottonMostForm

In an ideal world, I'd bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts.

David Yates

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If you learned how to make a cloud, your time is not wasted.

Bob Ross

TimeCloudYouWastedYourHow

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