John Ruskin Quotes

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.

John Ruskin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 8, 1819 - January 20, 1900

Topics

RichWishLongPoorI WishRight

I did some good stuff over in the U.K., but I wasn't consistently working. For a while there, I was going, 'Do I really want to do this - should I go back to university?'

Jesse Spencer

GoodBackGoWantOverUniversity

I really don't feel that writing is therapy.

Jennifer Gilmore

WritingFeelTherapyReally

The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise.

Andrei Tarkovsky

FaithCompromiseFightingCreateOwn

As you get older, you realize you're not that cool. You also realize the people you called posers are just people like you.

Andy Biersack

PeopleCoolYouRealizeGetJust

Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?'

Andrew Davies

GodExperienceThinkingPlanNowOh

Even bad results teach you something, and you can learn your lessons and get better.

Jeff Raikes

BetterLearnYouBadResultsTeach

I trust the readers to build their own visual images. To me, that's part of the wonder of reading.

Michael Connelly

TrustMeReadingWonderBuildOwn

I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody.

Shirley Manson

LifePeopleEnoughHideKnowLucky

I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series.

Dennis Farina

SmallBudgetSaidMoviesBuddyTV

I'm representing the Bahamas; I'm representing a lot of islands - it's a whole nation behind me, on my back.

Deandre Ayton

MeBackNationWholeBehindBahamas

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.

Bob Woodward

FailureTruthLyingCleanSystem

Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge.

Richard Wagner

ChangeGoodGood ThingsPlaceKnow

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