Solon Quotes

Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.

Solon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: greek
  • Birth: 638 BC - 558 BC

Topics

ManHappyLuckyDeadCallOnly

Airbnb has proven that hospitality, generosity, and the simple act of trust between strangers can go a long way.

Joe Gebbia

TrustSimpleGenerosityHospitality

My age and my phone number are both unlisted.

Robert Osborne

AgePhonePhone NumberNumberBoth

That is a strange phenomenon, people pretending to be other people.

Andy Samberg

PeopleStrangePretendingOther

Looking back, I can see that my life with David was molded by forces beyond my control and even my understanding. Still, I don't regret trying.

Angela Bowie

LifeLooking BackControlLooking

I had the easiest publishing experience in the entire world. I sent out fifteen courier letters to agents, got five no replies, nine rejections and one I want to see it. A month later I had an agent. Another month later I had a three book deal with Little Brown.

Stephenie Meyer

ExperienceWorldBookThreeWant

Since the era of 'Sherlock Holmes,' private detectives had long been able to influence cases on their own. But the online detective, who had no sort of professional training or even long practice, is a purely modern phenomenon. The Internet changed everything by letting anyone become a self-appointed 'expert' on a case.

Michelle Dean

TrainingPracticeInfluenceInternet

There are few places in my life that I've found more ruggedly beautiful than the Highlands of Scotland. The place is magical - it's so far north, so remote, that sometimes it feels like you've left this world and gone to another.

Julia London

LifeBeautifulWorldMy LifeYou

There are things that I can tell my friends that I just can't tell my family, just as far as how I'm feeling about things. My friends know me the best in a certain way. I just think old friends are really, really important.

Jonathan Levine

FamilyBestOld FriendsMeThink

Football is very changeable, particularly at international level when you're not working together every day.

Diego Godin

Working TogetherDayFootballYou

Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.

Chris Van Allsburg

Growing UpGrowingUp1950sMichigan

I just read the scripts that come to me, and I see the ones which I really kind of understand and connect with, whether that's a science fiction or a period piece. It doesn't really matter as long as they're original and I have something to do with the character.

Asa Butterfield

CharacterScienceMeLongUnderstand

When I heard of the 'garden bridge' idea, it seemed so clear and powerful, the notion of using nature to scale down an enormous piece of potentially wind-swept exposed link. That's what struck me - not treating the bridge just as a link, but as a place.

Thomas Heatherwick

NatureMeBridgePowerfulDownJust

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