Mary Augusta Ward Quotes

As far as intellectual training was concerned, my nine years from seven to sixteen were practically wasted.

Mary Augusta Ward

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 11, 1851 - March 24, 1920

Topics

TrainingIntellectualYearsWasted

It's an old-fashioned, very outdated, non-functioning idea that we can drain all the resources from directly around us and skyrocket to the top of a skyscraper, and that's success. We have to understand that when one has to leech from others to that degree, then that's something we need to watch and stop.

Jimmi Simpson

SuccessStopUnderstandTopNeed

I don't want to sign something just because everyone is looking forward to what I sign next. When I take up a project, I am all in to deliver the best I can with sincerity and honesty.

Mawra Hocane

HonestyBestI AmLooking Forward

I don't think there is any franchise more powerful than ours around securing the consumer experience and we will not concede that to anyone including Microsoft.

John W. Thompson

ExperienceThinkPowerfulWillMore

We always find a way to learn and to get better.

Travis Kalanick

BetterLearnFindWayAlwaysGet

The king reigns but does not govern.

Louis Adolphe Thiers

KingGovernDoesReigns

I come from a short fiction background, and my mom is a poet, so I've always read poetry; I've always had a lot of different influences both linguistically and musically.

Lorde

PoetryMomShortMusicallyPoet

I lean traditional, but 'Head Over Boots,' it's pretty country.

Jon Pardi

BootsCountryOverHeadPrettyLean

One of the things that struck me is how authentic 'Shark Tank' is. I don't know how more real it can be. You have no prior knowledge about the entrepreneurs.

Chris Sacca

KnowledgeMeYouKnowMoreShark

It's pretty obvious when Tiger makes a birdie. I think everybody at the golf course cheers for him.

Brooks Koepka

ThinkGolfTigerHimCheersPretty

When I put that first Vine out, I was just doing it for fun; there was no wanting to become an artist.

Shawn Mendes

FunDoingArtistBecomeFirstOut

A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.

Thomas Middleton

LiveWiseLongSayThey SayLittle

Freedom is a human concept. We have these very romanticized, sentimentalized notions of freedom. And for species - monkeys and other creatures - freedom is a pretty risky, complex proposition that's not always for their benefit.

Thomas French

FreedomHumanAlwaysPrettyComplex

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