Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: February 22, 1788 - September 21, 1860

Topics

HonestyGreatTalentPeopleModesty

I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.

Joaquin Phoenix

DayThinkDoingKnowBecomeTalk

I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and I kept wondering the whole while what it must feel like from his point of view to still be there thinking, hearing all that was going on as people came and went, and life continued all around him.

Jill McCorkle

LifeMomentDeathPeopleThinking

I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.

Maurice Sendak

LoveMusicGreatOperaSetDesigner

I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Because nobody knows you.

Anna Nicole Smith

HomeYouNobodyHardBecauseDate

I don't think there will be a recession as a result of a vote to leave.

Michael Gove

ThinkResultVoteWillLeave

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

Mencius

SincerityDelightGreaterThan

Some of the people in finance touch enormous parts of the economy.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

FinancePeopleTouchEconomySome

'Wild Grinders' becoming an animated series, and airing on Nicktoons is another one of my boyhood dreams come true. I came up with the name when I was eleven years old, when I needed a name for my first skate crew - who knew it would turn into such a mega brand?

Rob Dyrdek

DreamsBrandNameTrueWildFirst

My whole life growing up, both my parents told me not to swear like a sailor. After college, I recall there was finally a time where I swore, and neither one of them was correcting me, and I felt so relieved. I thought, finally; I can finally be myself and not get yelled at.

Rory Freedman

LifeTimeMyselfParentsCollegeMe

As a small child, I could watch anything happen and tell a story, and it was funny.

Ron White

FunnyChildSmallStoryAnything

If you look at the major industries of the future, IT and mobile are way up there.

Romesh Wadhwani

FutureYouLookWayUpMobile

I'm a guy who wins medals rather than runs fast times, so for me, what keeps me going is winning medals for my country and making my nation proud.

Mo Farah

MeWinningProudFastCountryGoing

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