Cleveland Abbe Quotes

The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.

Cleveland Abbe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 3, 1838 - December 29, 1916

Topics

DreamsActionKnowStudyAtmosphere

Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

Andrea Bocelli

SuccessFaithFirstSuccess Is

I almost obsessively began reading about what was happening with the so-called Islamic State. But I couldn't find an angle on the story.

Matthew Heineman

ReadingStoryFindAngleAlmost

I had a wonderful childhood, but I was a wanderer from year one.

Maureen Forrester

ChildhoodYearWonderfulWanderer

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18 billion, likes to pick a fight - especially fights where the line between good and evil is particularly stark.

Jeff Goodell

GoodFightNew YorkCityEvilNew

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Ambrose Bierce

EducationLearningIgnoranceKind

Paolo Guerrero is a good player - and Mladen Petric also. I think both are really good and even better than me.

Son Heung-min

GoodMeThinkBetterEvenThan

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.

Sissela Bok

PowerChildhoodSpaceLearnMystery

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

Rita Ora

GoNervousStagePainsGetBelly

I get shy. I think that's in any situation.

Johnny Simmons

ThinkSituationShyGetI ThinkAny

I just wanted to be a composer; I became an actor by default, really. I got a scholarship to a college of music and drama, hoping to take a scholarship in music. But I ended up as an acting student, so I've stuck with that for the last 50-odd years.

Anthony Hopkins

MusicCollegeActingStudentDrama

I think, whatever ideological coloration we think actually applies to Trump, we can be pretty confident that he sees the American state as a mechanism to make sure that people called Trump are rich forever.

Timothy D. Snyder

PeopleRichThinkConfidentAmerican

I don't get into these petty things, Kentucky-Louisville. To me, it's nonsense... There will be people at Kentucky that will have a nervous breakdown if they lose to us... They've got to put the fences up on bridges. There will be people consumed by Louisville.

Rick Pitino

PeopleMeBridgesLoseNervousWill

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