John W. Gardner Quotes

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

John W. Gardner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 8, 1912 - February 16, 2002

Topics

LifeExcellenceManSurviveFree

It's okay, when we as women are in a serving role. But it's not okay, it appears, still, when we have full access to power.

Joan Kirner

WomenPowerOkayServingRoleStill

I wrote a lot of 'A Time to Kill' at the State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., hiding in little committee rooms, killing time waiting for legislation to come to the floor.

John Grisham

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Every member of the U.S. Armed Forces knows what they signed up for, and they know what their job is, and they are proud of their job.

John Cena

JobProudKnowUpForcesKnows

When you fight fires for a few seasons, you know what to expect. Your heart doesn't race as much as it did.

Matthew Desmond

HeartFightSeasonsYouKnowRace

To go from someone who would put something on SoundCloud and maybe get 15,000 plays in a year to getting 100,000 plays in one day felt very weird. I thought I was dying.

Shura

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In Los Angeles, I had the good fortune of anchoring the news right before Johnny Carson came on, so to see him, the Hollywood stars watched me first.

Tom Brokaw

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A big side of football is reacting to what happens.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

FootballSideBigHappensReacting

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

Joseph Conrad

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I'd rather be a Jack-of-all-trades than master of one. If I became an icon, where my whole life was music, I would probably have become a vegetable. I wouldn't be able to have all these talents I have today and be an interesting 'character.'

Dick Dale

LifeMusicCharacterTodayBecome

I can bend over and put my head between my legs, stick my foot over my head, and stand one leg.

Diamond Dallas Page

StandI CanLegsBendOverHead

I can't play a slave.

Dorothy Dandridge

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You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity.

Chick Corea

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