John Ruskin Quotes

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.

John Ruskin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeBeautifulGreatArchitecture

I was the youngest of six kids, so yeah, feeding myself was important, but it's not like I was obsessed with food growing up.

Jim Gaffigan

MyselfFoodGrowing UpGrowingUp

I just really like it when things are earnest.

Jenny Slate

ThingsJustLikeEarnestReally

I'm from the creative side of Hollywood. I'm up for anyone that wants to support my work. If you have eyeballs and give me a budget and are nice to me, I'm in.

Jenji Kohan

WorkCreativeSupportMeBudgetYou

David Blaine, I think, was the first TV magician to really turn the camera around and make it about the spectator's experience. That's really what magic is all about.

Michael Carbonaro

ExperienceThinkCameraMagicFirst

The physicality of a production needs evolution and breath.

John Tiffany

EvolutionBreathProductionNeeds

Being a mom has made me a better person. It's made me more compassionate. It's just awesome. I think I was put here to be a mom.

Stephanie Mills

MeMomBetter PersonThinkBetter

The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for.

Steven Squyres

HopeGreatLookRocksCleanRight

So maybe with the research robots that are out there, people will come up with ways to use them to take care of the elderly. And that can help me someday. Because, you know what? I'm heading in that direction.

Rodney Brooks

PeopleMeResearchDirectionHelp

The original PATRIOT Act greatly increased our nation's ability to share intelligence information, made better use of technology, and provided terrorism investigators tools that have long been available in cases involving illegal drugs and organized crime.

Mike Simpson

TechnologyIntelligenceBetterTools

Television has given Pakistan a truly open national forum for the first time in its history. Ideas are debated, leaders are assessed and criticised, and a nation of 170 million people is finally discovering, together, what it thinks.

Mohsin Hamid

HistoryTimeTogetherPeopleIdeas

Country music in the mid-'90s was a big influence on my career, and I played all the songs that are referenced in '94' back in my club days. Joe Diffie was rocking a sick mullet, and he was hotter than ever... just putting out monster hit after monster hit. It totally takes me back to those days, and it makes me smile every time I hear it.

Jason Aldean

SmileMusicTimeMeInfluenceSick

I'm a football guy at heart; maybe I should have played football for a living instead, because I play a lot of football videogames; I'm really into them.

Jason Kidd

HeartFootballPlayLivingGuy

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