William Graham Sumner Quotes

I never have known a man of ordinary common-sense who did not urge upon his sons, from earliest childhood, doctrines of economy and the practice of accumulation.

William Graham Sumner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildhoodManPracticeNeverEconomy

When you're playing a romantic version of a real person, you're playing a version of the truth.

Andrea Riseborough

TruthRomanticYouPersonReal

When we go to sleep ordinarily, we're doing something really private. It's kind of an intimate, private connection with our sort of physical humanity.

Max Richter

SleepDoingHumanityConnectionKind

When I was young, you went to school, dealt with your friends and drama, went home, did your homework, went to bed, and started over the next day. But that social interaction that happens at school doesn't end now - it goes until the minute you go to bed and starts again when you wake up.

Michael Imperioli

HomeDaySchoolWake UpEndFriends

I'm a taker in terms of jokes. I love to hear a good joke, but I don't retain jokes. I'm not a good teller of jokes.

Steve Carell

LoveGoodJokeJokesHearTeller

It's one of those records that will stand forever. I really can't imagine anyone touching it.

Steve Kerr

StandWillForeverImagineRecords

I'd like to play in every game, like everybody else.

Alvaro Morata

GamePlayLikeEverybodyEveryElse

Anything humans can do in space, robots can do better.

Trevor Paglen

SpaceBetterRobotsAnythingHumans

However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot lower interest rates below the zero lower bound.

Toshihiko Fukui

PerceptionBankPolicyInterestZero

I was the straight-A student but sort of a little bit of debating my parents all the time, trying to find when they weren't logically correct.

Travis Kalanick

TimeParentsTryingFindStudent

I remember watching 'Avengers 1' for the first time and thinking, 'God, one day I want to be in one of those movies.' I just want to be in the movie.

Tom Holland

GodTimeDayThinkingRememberWant

I love collaborating with strong women.

Mika

LoveWomenStrongStrong Women

Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated.

Jean Baudrillard

DrivingEverythingAmnesiaForm

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