William Lyon Phelps Quotes

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

William Lyon Phelps

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1865 - August 21, 1943

Topics

LifeHorizonBetterViewUpTower

I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.

Joe Lhota

New YorkCityNewInvolvedMayor

I think we have a great track record on being relevant, on identifying consumer trends, needs and wants.

Jim Cantalupo

GreatThinkTrendsTrackBeing

I don't exist without writing.

Jewel

PeopleYouFindOutGetThem

I think when you're dealing with any issues about trying to become a better human being, you have to look at a lot of things about yourself that maybe you don't want to or aren't able to.

Sturgill Simpson

YourselfThinkBetterYouLookWant

Kids today don't watch a black and white movie.

Robert Englund

TodayBlack And WhiteBlackWhite

Anyone driving great social change, willingly or not, is going to be a fascinating contradictory mix of idealism and ego.

Riz Ahmed

ChangeGreatEgoDrivingGoingMix

Fear is contagious, and those who wish America to become a faith-based society are doing their best to spread it.

Judy Blume

FearBestSocietyWishDoingBecome

As long as your heart beats, one is never too old.

Compay Segundo

HeartLongNeverOldYourBeats

I think the strength of the man is to have the right balance. Not to be so high when you win; not to be so down when you lose.

Claudio Ranieri

StrengthManBalanceWinThinkLose

At our house, we'd always open presents with our Christmas records playing. 'Little Drummer Boy' was one of my favorites when I was a kid because it was about a kid.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

HouseBoyDrummerChristmasKid

If a movie crosses budget and becomes a hit, no one cares. They care only when it doesn't do well.

Allu Arjun

CareBudgetWellOnlyCaresMovie

If you have a career like mine, which is so identified with Hollywood, with big studios and stars, you wonder if maybe you shouldn't go off and do what the world thinks of as more personal films with lesser-known people. But I think I've fooled everybody. I've made personal films all along. I just made them in another form.

Sydney Pollack

StarsPeopleWorldThinkYouCareer

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