John Ruskin Quotes

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.

John Ruskin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SimpleSacrificeEasyPlaceSkill

I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out with.

Joe Rogan

WorkNeverOutUsedWork OutGuys

It's hard to pass up a pole vault opportunity here in Des Moines. The crowd was so great when I was at the mall and I was pumped up and I thought technically I was on and I figured where else to open up my outdoor season than here.

Jenn Suhr

OpportunityGreatThoughtHardOpen

I've played roles that aren't expected of an Asian.

John Cho

AsianExpectedRolesPlayed

You should have a fund of knowledge of something and out of that you make up you mind.

John Kluge

KnowledgeMindYouOutUpSomething

Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling.

Stanley Kubrick

LifeCarPeaceWarTryingYou

Man is not free unless government is limited.

Ronald Reagan

FreedomManGovernmentFreeLimited

In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age.

Matt Blunt

TechnologyAgeGovernmentInternet

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

Mike Gordon

HistoryGreatBeenLotSongwriters

I go train, and like with Conan, I'm in leather, and with Drogo, I'm in leather or armor or something else. I'm not in my adidas sweat suit or my matching tracksuit pants to go work out. I got too busy of a day. I've got my boots.

Jason Momoa

WorkDayBusyBootsTrainSweat

As I've grown older, I've grown more convinced there's nothing that shouldn't be talked about. If we think we're protecting each other, we're not.

Jonathan Safran Foer

ThinkNothingMoreOlderConvinced

Walkman was the precursor to the cell phone, in terms of your strategy for getting through the urban landscape and the modern experience. Insulate yourself from it with your own soundscape.

Douglas Rushkoff

ExperienceYourselfCell PhonePhone

When you work in animation that's all for a family audience, as an adult you desperately want to break out of that.

Conrad Vernon

WorkFamilyYouWantAnimationOut

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