Robert Staughton Lynd Quotes

Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them.

Robert Staughton Lynd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 26, 1892 - November 1, 1970

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SayingWorthMeanThingsMostMakes

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

Jo Stafford

WorkToughThinkMoreNeverOut

I could sit around and cry about losing jobs because I'm not a TV star, or I could go and take something into my own hands and try to make it in this world, too.

Megan Hilty

LosingWorldHandsGoCryMy Own

I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.

Robert Sheckley

ManThoughtRealHeroesTaskHonest

It was supposed to be in the second street project for Main Street. But who knows? Maybe it will be built one of these days. We never throw away any idea.

John Hench

StreetWillNeverProjectDaysAway

I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester.

John Thaw

SchoolFruitInvolvedLeftMarket

Yeah, dog was this man's best friend, for sure.

Tommy Rettig

DogFriendBestManBest Friend

I would be happy to be a footnote in my dad's bio. I don't care about trying to be famous or prove that I didn't need him. Even if they say I'm riding his coattails, I'm confident enough in my own music that I don't worry about that.

Shooter Jennings

MusicHappyBe HappyConfidentWorry

There's a reason people are not going to Obamacare. They find out what it's gonna cost 'em, and they go somewhere else. And in the process, they're undermining the very foundation of Obamacare, all of which was predictable.

Rush Limbaugh

PeopleFoundationProcessFindGo

Messi is one of the best in the world.

Diego Godin

BestWorldMessi

It's good to be slightly ambitious, but I believe one shouldn't be too calculative. It's good to be on the edge, but I have never followed my mind. I have always followed my heart. And it has yielded the right results.

Deepika Padukone

GoodHeartMindBelieveEdgeNever

My mantra is, I want to work with people that I like to hang out with, who are smart, where I can add value, that I think is an interesting space.

Christie Hefner

WorkSmartValueSpacePeopleThink

I haven't had television since 1991, and it definitely influences me. As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative in my head; I was lucky if I could hold a joke in my head, because every time you turn on television or radio, it wipes the slate clean - at least in my case.

Chuck Palahniuk

TimeChildMeYouTelevisionLucky

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