Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: November 13, 1850 - December 3, 1894

Topics

LifeEndBecomeCapableBecoming

The function of combat is not merely to perpetrate violence, but to perpetrate violence on command, instantaneously and reflexively. The function of the service academies is to prepare men for leadership positions where they may someday exercise that command.

Jim Webb

LeadershipServiceMenViolenceMay

I definitely am afraid of the dark. Somehow, in my mind I can always come up with some horrific stuff to worry about.

Joanna Garcia

MindWorryDarkI CanAlwaysAfraid

I like to read the paper online. And I love email. And I love nothing better than to be interrupted.

Andre Aciman

LoveBetterNothingEmailPaper

People assume that the executive branch has more power than it actually has. Only the legislative branch can create the laws; the executive branch cannot create the laws. So, if the executive branch tries to create a branch one side or the other... you go back to the founders of the nation. They set up a system that ensures that it doesn't happen.

Michael Dell

PowerPeopleYouBackCreateGo

Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting to overthrow the Sandinistas in neighboring Nicaragua.

Stephen Kinzer

SupportFightingSovietSoviet Union

I tend to be very relaxed on stage, but the nerves have to come out somehow.

Steven Weber

StageOutRelaxedComeNervesVery

I didn't buy Bentleys. I didn't live large. I invested in me. I invested in a lot of other people.

Sinbad

LivePeopleMeBuyOtherLarge

In 2013, I didn't work at all, just contemplating what I needed to do, whether I was walking in my destiny or not.

Trai Byers

WorkDestinyWalkingJustNeeded

You never really know about a quarterback until he plays in a real game.

Mike Singletary

GameYouKnowNeverRealHe

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

Miguel de Unamuno

GoodFoolTalkingSpoiledWhoKnows

Wild geese have so much less fat than their domestic brethren that, as far as the kitchen is concerned, the two birds should be considered different species altogether - so much so that they require opposite roasting methods.

Jonathan Miles

BirdsKitchenFatWildTwoOpposite

Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.

Johnny Ramone

TimeToo MuchNeverOverHappenUp

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