Mary Ritter Beard Quotes

It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks.

Mary Ritter Beard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 5, 1876 - August 14, 1958

Topics

WomenGreeksOnlyThoseVeryMuses

Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit.

Mayer Hawthorne

SoulEarthDetroitMoreNowhere

Opera is a very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible.

Robert Lepage

WorkExperienceBelievePlaceOpera

Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather than as a bolt out of the blue. We have to get our vanities and our preconceptions out of the way and do the work in the time allotted.

John Williams

WorkTimeBlueYouWillWay

With every gig we have to prove ourselves better than the night before.

Ronnie Wood

NightBetterProveThanOurselves

We spend too much, we borrow too much, and we distort the markets. The bigger the distortions have lasted, the bigger the bust will be.

Ron Paul

Too MuchWillBiggerBorrowMarkets

I sat with myself one day and asked, 'Who is in those prestigious literary circles? Do they represent me? Do they appreciate the topics I write about and the style in which I write? Do those gatekeepers let a demographic like mine through the door?' And the answer was no.

Rupi Kaur

StyleMyselfDayMeDoorAppreciate

It's very difficult to break in Europe unless you break in England, and it's very difficult to break in England if you're Irish.

Dolores O'Riordan

YouIrishDifficultEuropeBreak

I've got three little kids at home, and I'm trying to save this country from itself. I'm not here to play political power games, and I've had enough of people playing political power games, and this has just gone on too long.

Devin Nunes

HomePowerPeoplePoliticalEnough

If the Russians masterminded fraud for 40 years at the highest state level in sports, operating behind the scenes to corrupt sports, what else are they capable of?

Bryan Fogel

SportsFraudCapableYearsCorrupt

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

Wilson Mizner

JudgeI CanHeLaughsFellow

I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pretty or whatever. I was being judged in ways that left me nowhere to go. You have to be patient.

Pierce Brosnan

GoodMeHandsomeYouActingGo

When guys do books or stories, all I like to see is the truth.

Pete Rose

TruthSeeBooksLikeStoriesGuys

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