Joseph Conrad Quotes

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

Joseph Conrad

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: polish
  • Birth: December 3, 1857 - August 3, 1924

Topics

LifeLoveRespectMenManThoughts

'Mad Men' is celebrating a time that no longer exists.

Jerry Della Femina

TimeMenMadLongerExistsMad Men

Preferring healthful foods is a skill, and skills take practice and perseverance to develop.

Joel Fuhrman

PerseverancePracticeSkillSkills

The Tambors were conservative Jews, and we attended Temple Beth Shalom at 14th Avenue and Clement Street in San Francisco. We were the only Jewish family for miles. To me, being Jewish meant 'otherness.'

Jeffrey Tambor

FamilyMeStreetConservativeTemple

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.

Stephen Fry

RoomCommonEnglishOnlyMuchTakes

My mother knitted a lot, but I never did; it was no fun.

Sonia Rykiel

MotherFunNeverDidLotNo Fun

I had no visual imagination as a child. I liked playing football. That was it.

Juergen Teller

FootballImaginationChildPlaying

Spirituality can release blocks, lead you to ideas, and make your life artful. Sometimes when we pray for guidance, we're guided in unexpected directions. We may want a lofty answer and we get the intuition to clean our bedroom. It can seem so humble and picky and that you don't necessarily think of it spiritual guidance.

Julia Cameron

LifeHumbleSpiritualIdeasThink

I have a great deal of joy in my life, and I'm very fortunate. That combination makes you aware of just how wonderful life can be on the one hand and how dreadful it can be for people on the other. You can't be happy in isolation.

Jonathan Dimbleby

LifeGreatJoyHappyPeopleMy Life

I was definitely planning to go to college, but I deferred my admission to Carnegie Mellon to be in a non-equity tour of 'The Sound of Music.' But I made very little money in the tour, and college is really expensive, and I thought I'd never be able to pay off those loans.

Jonathan Groff

MusicMoneyCollegePlanningThought

Although simulators are great for building step-by-step knowledge of a procedure, the worst thing that can happen in a sim is that you get a bad grade on your performance.

Chris Hadfield

KnowledgeGreatPerformanceBuilding

My dad is in the music business in Nashville. I was the third child born in my family, and there are three notes in a chord, so that's how they came up with my name.

Chord Overstreet

FamilyBusinessMusicChildNameUp

All of this talk of recession offends me. I am delighted that bankers have less money.

Chris O'Dowd

MoneyI AmMeTalkRecessionLess

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