Siegfried Sassoon Quotes

I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation.

Siegfried Sassoon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 8, 1886 - September 1, 1967

Topics

ChangePurposeWarImpossibleDone

For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.

Jilly Cooper

FunnyBeautifulManCleverYesMust

I don't like to play characters that are too perfect.

Amanda Seyfried

PerfectPlayLikeCharactersToo

When I look for the next project, it's always about, 'Is it going to push me out of my comfort zone? Am I doing something different? Am I working with people who are passionate about what they're doing?' At the end of the day, if I'm going to be bored on set, then I'm not gonna be happy.

Amanda Crew

DayHappyPeopleMeBe HappyEnd

When I'm back home, I try to do as little as possible because I want to take time with my family. That's the most important thing.

Stan Wawrinka

FamilyHomeTimeBackWantPossible

I know I'm not perfect at giving my body what it needs to refuel after a run. Recognizing my bad habits has helped me pay more attention to what I eat. I have been known to rush through my day without making nutrition a priority, so I work hard to prepare healthy snacks in advance of my runs and while the kids are at school.

Summer Sanders

WorkDaySchoolMeWork HardGiving

I want to encourage people to be nicer to each other, to be nicer to themselves.

Rose Namajunas

PeopleWantEncourageThemselves

There are art forms we don't know about yet that will be enabled by technology we haven't invented yet.

Michael Pryor

TechnologyArtKnowWillAbout

I was very much taken with carbon fibers because they seemed like the perfect medium to explore transport studies in carbon-based systems.

Mildred Dresselhaus

PerfectExploreTransportBecause

For a profession that holds dear both the ability to vivisect politicians in prose and the expectation that these carved-up subjects will not complain, the media is horribly thin-skinned and vengeance-seeking when on the receiving end of criticism.

Julia Gillard

CriticismEndMediaExpectationWill

On our Web site, we have people complaining about us not playing new stuff. But there's so many classic Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, you can't go out and just do a bunch of new things.

Johnny Van Zant

New ThingsPeopleYouGoComplaining

Divorce is a time of change. It really rocks a foundation of most people's lives. When we have our heart broken or our dreams taken away from us, it is a time of growth and change.

Debbie Ford

ChangeGrowthDreamsHeartTime

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

Confucius

YourselfThinkYouOfficeWorthy

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