William Graham Sumner Quotes

I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that no one should be allowed to possess more than one million dollars' worth of property.

William Graham Sumner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I will never be a CEO again.

Jerry Yang

WillNeverCEOAgain

Grace is what matters in anything - especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. That's a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive.

Jeff Buckley

LifeLoveGrowthQualityDeathPain

Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality.

Jean Piaget

RealityMoreKnowingSystemsMeans

I'm not a diva - not yet, anyway.

Amanda Latona

DivaAnyway

Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.

Stephen Sondheim

MoneyPeopleSometimesMoreShow

So I started home schooling. I was a little freaked out about that, because I' m such a social person, involved in everything. It was awesome. I loved it and I loved being home.

Stacie Orrico

HomeLovedPersonAwesomeEverything

I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.

Sienna Miller

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My mom, Nellie, got me a rosary at church. I don't use it to pray before a competition. I'll just pray normally to myself, but I have it there in case.

Simone Biles

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Not only a great game, 'Uncharted 2' raised the bar for storytelling for the medium. The game treated action as a part of the overall story rather than a way to move from plot point to plot point.

Rob Manuel

GreatActionGameStoryStorytelling

Court McGee is definitely a name worth fighting - and beating.

Robert Whittaker

NameFightingWorthCourtBeating

I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.

Michael Phelps

ChangeGenerationLookBackI Can

Sometimes I don't go into the studio for quite a while because I haven't found enough good songs. They have to have a certain caliber and connect with me because I'm going to be playing them for the rest of my life. I start off with a circle of friends whose songs I love anyway.

Bonnie Raitt

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