Joseph Joubert Quotes

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.

Joseph Joubert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: May 7, 1754 - May 4, 1824

Topics

TimeWorldNowActBooksActed

I never thought about settling down. I was obsessed with my career - I was blinkered. I finally met a woman who was worthy of me. Then we settled down and had many children.

Ron Moody

ChildrenWomanMeThoughtCareer

Father Time and injuries are tough adversaries.

Ronnie Coleman

FatherTimeToughInjuries

I.B.M. was my college education, effectively. They were very good at teaching you management.

Mike McCue

EducationGoodCollegeManagement

As a woman in Saudi Arabia, you have one of two options. You either lose your mind - which at first happened to me because I fell into a deep depression - or you become a feminist.

Mona Eltahawy

DepressionWomanMindMeDeepLose

Command-and-control isn't the kind of corporate culture people want to be in anymore.

Mindy Grossman

CulturePeopleWantKindCorporate

Imagine that foreign development is not done to our standards and a spill occurs. Neither geology nor ocean currents will respect our national boundaries.

Lisa Murkowski

RespectOceanDoneWillDevelopment

I've been fortunate, but I'm also not very precious about making sure I'm the star of a film.

Jason Bateman

PreciousStarFortunateFilmSure

If you respect the art and you have some talent about you, I'm on your team.

Anthony Anderson

RespectArtTalentTeamYouYour

I accept extinction as best explaining disjoined species. I see that the same cause must have reduced many species of great range to small, and that it may have reduced large genera to so small, and of families.

Asa Gray

GreatBestSmallAcceptSeeI See

If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about.

Alfred P. Sloan

TimeDecisionUnderstandingMeeting

He would use amphetamines to stay awake because he would have late night maneuvers that would go way into the early morning hours and he was given pills to stay up for the long hours.

Priscilla Presley

MorningNightLongEarlyLateGo

There's a small group of people always watching me to make sure I'm still offending.

Peter Saul

PeopleMeSmallGroupWatchingSure

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