William Graham Sumner Quotes

Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and tell the routine men what to do are very rare.

William Graham Sumner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 30, 1840 - April 12, 1910

Topics

MenThinkPlanRoutineFindHard

The fascination to go into space has existed for hundreds of years. But as we do things and they're successful, people get bored.

Jim Lovell

SpacePeopleGoSuccessful People

I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish.

Anna Kendrick

FoodFishBackPersonSteakGot

I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he doesn't do it in musical terms, he does it in emotional terms. I got along really well with him.

Trevor Rabin

AmazingEnemyImportantDirectorHim

I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.

Mathieu Kassovitz

MyselfLuckyThroughFilmmakerAble

'Allen Gregory' came about because we wanted an animated show and we were just tossing around some ideas about me playing a 7-year-old. We thought that would be cool, because we couldn't do that in real life.

Jonah Hill

LifeMeIdeasCoolThoughtReal

I think diamonds represent luxury, indulgence, and class. So any time you can incorporate a gift that is synonymous with all those attributes, you know the other person will love it. I would challenge someone to find something that better represents Valentine's Day more than diamonds!

Chris Evans

LoveValentine's DayTimeChallenge

For the moment, I'm concentrating on my own stuff.

Cheryl James

MomentMy OwnOwnStuff

I never felt ready to have a baby until I was about 37 years old. I knew I always wanted kids someday, but I needed to be 'ready,' ya know?

Constance Marie

BabyReadyKnowNeverOldAlways

A lot of people love men that rock; I love men that love a good melody and a good harmony.

Cindy Wilson

LoveGoodMenPeopleHarmonyRock

When the good Christians of America are some of its biggest racists, one has to consider our moral responsibility to call out those who clearly are not for human flourishing, no matter what ethnicity a person is. Where are you on that scale? I know where I am.

Anthea Butler

GoodResponsibilityI AmAmericaYou

Sometimes when you do voices next to each other, especially when you're first starting out, they tend to bleed into each other. Working on a show like 'Futurama,' we do multiple characters there, but we've been doing it for a while, so the voices are really well-defined in our heads.

Phil LaMarr

DoingYouSometimesFirstStarting

Science has become politicized, and that's an embarrassment.

Seth MacFarlane

ScienceBecomeEmbarrassment

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