Christoph Martin Wieland Quotes

Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.

Christoph Martin Wieland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: September 5, 1733 - January 20, 1813

Topics

LongPleasureSourceTransientWoes

The problem with fame is that you get frozen in one frame and nothing you can do can alter the nature.

Jerry Rubin

NatureProblemYouFameNothingGet

I have always focused on basic research, motivated by a desire to understand the world.

Jennifer Doudna

ResearchWorldDesireUnderstand

Artists' obsessions with technology are not new, but in the late aughts, the work tended to focus on the possibility of the medium, treating technology like a new tool rather than a sociopolitical framework.

Jenna Wortham

WorkTechnologyFocusLateNewTool

We don't even know our friends' phone numbers anymore.

John McAfee

FriendsPhoneNumbersKnowEvenOur

Everything you need to get that relaxed driving that brings consistency only comes with practice.

John Surtees

PracticeConsistencyDrivingYouGet

The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

Trey Parker

RockWayRepublicanPunkPunk Rock

If you want a machine to be able to interact with people, it better not do things that are surprising to people.

Rodney Brooks

PeopleBetterYouWantThingsAble

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Mary Lambert

TimeThinkScaryI ThinkWhich

I'm interested in existential films: I love movies that console you in the same way that a person consoles a weeping child.

Louis Garrel

LoveChildYouPersonMoviesWay

I have a big life, a small child, I work, I do a lot of things, so I'm often playing catch-up with what's current.

Lorraine Toussaint

LifeWorkChildSmallBigPlaying

My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that's the reason I chose drama - to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it.

Deborah Mailman

LoveTeacherGreatSchoolThought

I remember Agassi playing Federer in Basel, Switzerland in 1998, and Andre was already saying at that time that Federer would be tough. Usually at the time players are 17, you can see if they will be great.

Brad Gilbert

GreatTimeSayingToughRemember

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