Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes

It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeReachGoalImportantTrueWay

The Democratic Party is always going to be a diverse group of people who are yelling at each other and fighting over what's the best way to do something.

Jennifer Palmieri

BestPeopleFightingPartyGroup

People see my impressions as a great skill and I am flattered, but there are things I can't do that everyone else can. I can do funny voices and funny faces but I can't drive.

Matt Lucas

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Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth. Honestly, there are enough bad people out there in the world - you don't need to be your own worst enemy.

Lucy Hale

YourselfSurround YourselfPeopleYou

Come join us; see the reality of what I have to do to achieve what I achieve. There are no cutting corners.

Mo Farah

RealityAchieveSeeUsComeJoin

There are a few people who are, let's say, personality-challenged, who would like to set up a cult, but in large part they fail due to the innate stroppiness and independence of their fellow pagans.

Liz Williams

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In particular, I'm drawn to the stories that have big, high concepts and real characters at their heart. And I love where those two worlds meet, and 'Edge of Tomorrow' is the perfect canvas to explore that.

Doug Liman

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You cannot not know history.

Philip Johnson

HistoryYouKnowCannot

I was taken to my first fashion show - Nina Ricci haute couture - in Paris by the White Russian princess, down on her luck, whom I was boarding with in Paris in 1963. I was captivated by the glamour of the gilded salon, the elegant clothes, and the audience of grand ladies.

Suzy Menkes

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The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

Peter O'Toole

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I love my country. That's the thing about the Olympics. You're doing it for your country.

Scotty Lago

LoveDoingYouCountryYourAbout

There's no socially acceptable middle age.

Thomas Jane

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The worst thing in the world that can happen to you if you're an engineer that has given his life to something is for someone to rip it off and put their name to it.

Tim Cook

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