Dean Acheson Quotes

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

Dean Acheson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 11, 1893 - October 12, 1971

Topics

GreatMirrorManLookingEgoPublic

I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it.

Jimmy Nail

MyselfProcessTryingBecomeHuman

I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express.

Angelina Jolie

MeSidesLeatherWearFilmExpress

Five hours a week of vigorous aerobic exercise can lower estrogen and progesterone exposure by about 20 per cent.

Michael Greger

WeekExerciseExposureFiveHours

As a consumer, I love superheroes.

Mary H.K. Choi

LoveConsumerSuperheroesI Love

I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.

Miguel Indurain

GoodFatherWeatherWaitCalmYou

I am, if nothing else, an optimist.

Mike Barnicle

I AmNothingOptimistElseAm

Every time you read an interview with a supermodel, they're always like, 'Oh, I was a such nerd.' I resent that a little bit. I was in the A/V club. I used to eat my lunch in a closet.

Moby

TimeLunchYouAlwaysEatClub

I think Giuliani started a trend that Bloomberg continued with rampant gentrification, and I think it's tough because why would any city choose not to do that?

Jonathan Levine

CityToughThinkChooseWhyTrend

Some people tend to believe that I'm a strong believer, a strong Christian, but that's not true. I'm not a strong believer. I'm very weak.

Joni Eareckson Tada

PeopleBelieveStrongChristianTrue

Some of these Ivy League kids want to have it both ways. They want to be baby members of the 1 percent, which they most certainly are, and yet still portray themselves as the oppressed.

Jordan Peterson

BabyWantIvyOppressedStillKids

What you do once you're beyond the confines of your local lift service can be as limitless as the mountains themselves.

Craig Kelly

ServiceMountainsYouLiftBeyond

As a general rule, when a new industry takes root, and the first products emerge in a wave, almost always the architecture of the product will be proprietary and interdependent in character.

Clayton M. Christensen

CharacterArchitectureWaveNewWill

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