John Sutter Quotes

In a private room he showed me the first specimens of gold, that is he was not certain if it was gold or not, but he thought it might be; immediately I made the proof and found that it was gold.

John Sutter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: celebrity
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 23, 1809 - June 18, 1880

Topics

MeGoldThoughtFirstRoomProof

I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them.

Jim Balsillie

TechnologyPeopleThinkBuyProducts

Autobiography is awfully seductive; it's wonderful. Once I got into it, I realized I was following a tradition established by Frederick Douglass - the slave narrative - speaking in the first-person singular, talking about the first-person plural, always saying 'I,' meaning 'we.'

Maya Angelou

SayingTraditionTalkingMeaningGot

Somebody might say that they always wanted to be a fly-fishing guide in Montana and maybe they'll never get to do that but just by the virtue of having said it out loud, I think there's some power in that.

John Lee Hancock

PowerThinkSaidSayVirtueNever

As far as being a deliveryman is concerned, I see nothing wrong with being a delivery man. You know, black or white or Hispanic or Chinese or whatever, you know? It's a job.

Meshach Taylor

JobManBlackYouWhiteWrong

We grew up in a nice house in a very middle-class area in Bolton and had a very happy childhood. My mum, Falak, who was also brought over from Pakistan by her parents as a kid, devoted herself to bringing up me and my younger brother and sister, Haroon and Tabinda, and my elder sister Mariyah.

Amir Khan

ChildhoodHappyBrotherParentsMe

I don't care about controversies. I am a young woman with an opinion about certain things. I can't be diplomatic. I am a feminist, and as long as I can be the voice of hundreds of girls out there, I will speak my mind. I don't care what other people think.

Sonam Kapoor

WomanI AmPeopleMindOpinionCare

How should we begin to make amends for raising a generation obsessed with the pursuit of material wealth and indifferent to so much else?

Tony Judt

GenerationWealthBeginPursuitMuch

Convince the investor that you guys are moving fast and that this isn't some long slog... you're thinking about it like a startup where you can move fast and make mistakes.

Michael Seibel

MistakesMovingThinkingLongYou

We take safety very, very seriously on every film I make, and that's why I've never had a serious accident or anybody killed when I make a picture.

Michael Mann

SafetyPictureSeriousSeriouslyWhy

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

Denis Waitley

EffortYouResultsAchieveWill

In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork.

Brad Holland

ArtPeoplePaintingAmericaHobby

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.

Arianna Huffington

SuccessFailureDecisionsSometimes

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