William Graham Sumner Quotes

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.

William Graham Sumner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I think you're put here on earth to enjoy yourself. And I'm doing that.

Jim McMahon

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Apple was our benefactor at starting General Magic, but about a year later decided they would rather BE General Magic and tried to make us blink out of existence... which we eventually did, but it took a few years.

Andy Hertzfeld

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No oyster in the world tastes as good as a Gulf oyster.

Steve Scalise

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ESPN is a very, very good operation, and it's a gold mine. It's an even bigger gold mine than Fox News.

Rupert Murdoch

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Traffic is one of the most powerful films to come out in recent years. It blew me away.

Mary Hart

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I want Dubai to be a place where everybody from all over the world meets each other, don't think of fighting or hate, just love it, enjoy their sport, and that's it.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

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In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

Lucille Ball

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A crisis, by its very nature, is a negative event.

Judy Smith

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The thing about TV is it's a meritocracy. I love that aspect of it - and I've had shows that have gone on the air and been canceled. I've seen the good and the bad of it.

Doug Liman

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My inspiration is European fashion. I'm really into Euro fashion, and I also love rock n' roll. That's the mentality that I like to have when I'm dealing with fashion.

Ciara

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Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good.

Brendan Fraser

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I always tell people you can't make peace half way: to make peace with somebody, you have to make peace and bury the hatchet, or you just keep fighting forever.

Bret Hart

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