Brooke Foss Westcott Quotes

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become.

Brooke Foss Westcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: theologian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 12, 1825 - July 27, 1901

Topics

EyesGreatMenSleepStrongGrow

I like shaped things. I like shape in things, and I do overshape things, it's true.

Jim Crace

TrueShapeThingsLikeShaped

I'm not a lesbian. I just think that all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes.

Megan Fox

ThinkBornAbilityLesbianJust

You especially want to strive for that nuance on a show like 'The Flash,' which is different from 'Legends' in the sense that it's really, at its heart, a smaller show. It's a more intimate show, in a way.

Matt Letscher

HeartYouWantLegendsWayStrive

Any passion to collect has some meaning behind it.

Douglas Coupland

PassionMeaningBehindSomeCollect

Parents and kids know they should pass up the fries for an apple and exchange the video game for a game of tag - but knowing and doing are certainly different things.

Dean Ornish

ParentsGameDoingAppleKnowUp

So the tough questions that have been asked of Sarah Palin thus far just have been about the fact that she doesn't know anything and isn't ready to be vice president. That's fair game and it has nothing to do with her gender.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

GameToughQuestionsGenderReady

I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared organization. He was ahead of his time as far as building up forensic evidence and fingerprinting. But he took down a lot of innocent people, too.

Clint Eastwood

TimeHeroPeopleOrganizationDown

It's important that I know what I'm doing before I assume responsibility over something as significant as the actors' guild.

Coco Martin

ResponsibilityDoingKnowImportant

In our case, one of my earliest experiences working in the company was being asked to be on Ted Turner's board, and I saw that the value creation from owning networks was stunning - new channels, international opportunities, synergy, many things that Turner Broadcasting built for decades.

Brian L. Roberts

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Unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcy - the cure is not more government spending, but helping businesses create jobs.

Brian Sandoval

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Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.

Arnold Palmer

SimpleGolfComplicatedEndlessly

I think scale is about, in a way, the apprehension of proportion, and all the proportions that mean things to us as human beings are related to the body.

Antony Gormley

ThinkBodyWayMeanHumanThings

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