John Ruskin Quotes

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.

John Ruskin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MindWantKindUpNaturalAlmost

Many times, people attack the well-to-do people. They see an opportunity.

Jessica Hahn

OpportunityPeopleSeeAttackMany

President Obama and I both believe we don't have time for a meeting anywhere of the Flat Earth Society.

John F. Kerry

TimeSocietyBelieveEarthMeeting

I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.

Maya Angelou

RespectGreatMomentBestPastYou

Find something you love to do. Work it to the bone. And you'll be successful.

John Schnatter

WorkLoveYouFindBoneSuccessful

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Ambrose Bierce

PatienceRevengePlanningWorth

I wanted to enjoy my life and challenge myself.

Shinsuke Nakamura

LifeMyselfChallengeMy LifeEnjoy

My scripts are possibly too talkative. Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, 'Oh, for God's sake, shut up.'

Tom Stoppard

GodThinkSometimesShut UpUpShut

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Robert Frost

WisdomDelightPoemBeginsEnds

I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just began with the setting; a juvenile correctional facility located in the Texas desert. Then I slowly make up the story, and rewrite it several times, and each time I rewrite it, I get new ideas, and change the old ideas around.

Louis Sachar

ChangeTimeIdeasStartBookDesert

'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you're talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty.

Judith Martin

LifeHonestyPeopleCandidNameYou

Performing has always been something I wanted to do. My dad had a video camera and I loved being in front of it.

Julia Voth

LovedCameraAlwaysSomethingBeen

My publication record puts me in the top 0.5 percent of psychologists.

Jordan Peterson

MeTopPercentPublicationRecord

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