Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 14, 1889 - October 22, 1975

Topics

IntelligenceCivilizationProduct

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

Joe Eszterhas

PowerCorruptionAlwaysBeen

I've never let people push me around in politics.

John Glenn

PoliticsPeopleMePushNever

I enjoy domestic life. Cooking gives me great pleasure, especially if I can chop vegetables slowly and think about what I'm doing and dream a little about this and that.

Siri Hustvedt

LifeGreatCookingMeThinkDoing

It is a very beautiful story, 'The Crow.' It is a very tragic story with huge emotional themes.

Luke Evans

BeautifulStoryEmotionalCrowVery

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

Jose Bergamin

GoodBookWhoGood BookMostAuthor

For me, there's nothing more valuable as an actor, or better way to learn, than getting to perform in front of a live audience, no matter where you are. Whether it's on Broadway, in Florida, or doing a tour.

Jonathan Groff

LiveMeBetterLearnDoingYou

I always think that I've embarrassed myself.

Christina Ricci

MyselfThinkAlwaysEmbarrassed

When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.

Colin Powell

ResponsibilityGovernmentYouPlace

I've basically got an album full of singles.

Coolio

GotFullAlbumBasicallySingles

I grew up listening to the Police, I grew up performing in bars, singing Police songs.

Bruno Mars

PoliceListeningSingingUpSongs

We don't often talk about the quarter-life crisis, but it is a real thing.

Annaleigh Ashford

CrisisTalkRealAboutOftenThing

The Western, when I do one, will be one long, continuous story.

Sergio Aragones

StoryLongWillContinuousWestern

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