Matthew Arnold Quotes

Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest and admiration.

Matthew Arnold

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 24, 1822 - April 15, 1888

Topics

LoveSpiritualGreatnessWorthy

England has not wholly escaped the curse which must ever befall a free government which holds extensive provinces in subjection; for, although she has not lost her liberty or fallen into anarchy, yet we behold the population of England crushed to the earth by the superincumbent weight of debt and taxation, which may one day terminate in revolution.

John C. Calhoun

DayGovernmentFreeRevolutionEarth

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

John Dewey

WorkHappinessOpportunityKeyFind

Nando's is a casual restaurant rather than a fast-food one - another aspirational touch. The food is energetically spiced, where so many of its competitors are bland and grilled to order, where the competition fries food and then lets it sit around.

John Lanchester

FoodCompetitionRestaurantTouch

You know, if I were an - if I were a Taliban, I'd say, 'What did al-Qaida ever do for me except get me kicked out of Afghanistan?'

Robert M. Gates

MeYouKnowSayAfghanistanOut

I don't want to hear again from the attorney general or anyone on this floor that this government has shown it can be trusted to use the power we give it with restraint and care.

Russ Feingold

PowerGovernmentCareWantFloor

One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

Julia Leigh

ImportantHardFingerToneThings

Toby not being there doesn't bother me, I mean I can work with anybody as long as we get along and as long as they've got an understanding of what I want and what I'm aiming for. To start with, when he left, it was difficult.

Jay Kay

WorkMeStartUnderstandingLong

I started FUBU in 1989 but ran out of money three times and closed it down.

Daymond John

MoneyDownThreeOutStartedClosed

Actually, that issue of 'Don't be evil' is probably the number one reason we throw out ideas.

Astro Teller

IdeasEvilReasonOutNumberThrow

I'm a big fan of being able to hold those long shots and use space. I don't know, I think everything's so quick cut these days, as if films are too afraid that the audience is going to get bored instead of relaxing and trusting their work.

Alice Englert

WorkSpaceThinkLongKnowQuick

If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations.

Alfred Russel Wallace

FuturePeopleBlindWealthLookUs

The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to the sharks have had their behavior, their speed, their camouflage, their defense mechanisms molded by the shark.

Paul Watson

SeaBehaviorFishSpeedSharksPrey

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