Max Beerbohm Quotes

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

Max Beerbohm

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DreamsAmerican DreamListeningStart

The biggest stress for me at New York Magazine was when I was a middle-of-the-pack editor, and I had no control over my own schedule.

Joanna Coles

StressNew YorkMeControlNewOver

The fear of mistakes is the fast track to irrelevance.

Joe Gebbia

FearMistakesFastTrack

In many traditions, hawks are sacred: Apollo's messengers for the Greeks, sun symbols for the ancient Egyptians and, in the case of the Lakota Sioux, embodiments of clear vision, speed and single-minded dedication.

John Burnside

VisionDedicationSunSpeedClear

This is a game, first and foremost. There was only one Vince Lombardi, and he died.

Joe Theismann

GameFirstOnlyHeForemostDied

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

Maya Angelou

WomenMenWiseStrongNameYou

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

Jean Rostand

ComputersThinkWhyUs

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

Ambrose Bierce

PoliticsWishesOthersConservative

I always wish life could be a musical. One person just says 5, 6, 7, 8.

Lucas Grabeel

LifeWishPersonAlwaysJustSays

I firmly believe that success lies in the combination of both talent and business savvy, and that the magic comes through partnership between both.

Delphine Arnault

SuccessBusinessTalentBelieveLies

I don't just want to upset people and shock people by saying something really outrageous.

Chris Lilley

PeopleSayingWantUpsetSomething

Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined as 'free stuff' and food stamps for poor folks, not tax breaks for Big Oil or tax shelters for Bain executives.

Christine Pelosi

FoodCultureFreeEndTaxPoor

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

Sydney J. Harris

LifeYourselfPeopleYouFeelings

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