Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

John Quincy Adams Quotes

In order to preserve the dominion of our own passions, it behooves us to be constantly and strictly on our guard against the influence and infection of the passions of others.

John Quincy Adams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: president
Nationality: american
Birth: July 11, 1767 - February 23, 1848

Topics

Influence Others Order Own Against

We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers.

Jimmy Carl Black

Never Out Anything Mothers Broke

I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.

Jill Clayburgh

Character Experience Thoughts Doing

Not all problems have a technological answer, but when they do, that is the more lasting solution.

Andy Grove

Problems Solution More Technological

Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.

Michael Jackson

Love Power Children Money Parents

Don't ever break someone's trust. Once you do, then nobody wants to do business with you.

Robert Budi Hartono

Business Trust Someone You Nobody

In some sense, Comedy Central has made their audience into comedy connoisseurs.

Mike Birbiglia

Comedy Audience Sense Made Some

If I'm playing higher up the pitch, it's important I don't get carried away and start dropping too deep and I stay in my position.

Dele Alli

Start Deep Important Up Playing Get

So many of the things I talk about in 'Reality Hunger' seem to be the things that 'The Thing About Life' does - things like risk, contradiction, compression, mixing modes of attack from the memoristic gesture to data-crunching.

David Shields

Life Reality Risk Talk Hunger Seem

I regret the 1998 - 99 lockout. I regret that we didn't work harder to educate our players and our owners about what the damage would be. I never can quite come up with the answer on what else we should have done, but I always blame a part of the problem on us and some part on the players.

David Stern

Work Blame Regret Problem Done Up

I think I can speak for a lot of people in that they would be pretty nervous about meeting Harrison Ford, and I was definitely one of those people.

Asa Butterfield

People Speak Think I Can Meeting

The great ideas start flowing when you stop thinking about the obvious way of doing it.

Phil Lord

Great Ideas Start Thinking Doing

Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills.

Sylvia Earle

Ocean Value Without Drilling Costs