Pliny the Elder Quotes

Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.

Pliny the Elder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: roman
  • Birth: 23 - 79

Topics

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You don't write on tour; it takes all your concentrating to make the gig - that's survival technique. Afterwards, you run around town to find interesting hipsters and go to all the interesting spots. You got to go to every hotspot until everything has closed down.

Joe Strummer

InterestingSurvivalYouFindDown

Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern.

Matthew Arnold

LifeConcernConductOurLargest

The pret-a-porter collection will be the same as couture in essence: I love luxury, beautiful products, handmade with care, but at more accessible prices.

Stephane Rolland

LoveBeautifulCareLuxuryWill

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

Roy Rogers

GoodYouMeetLordTakeMay

There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.

Russell Crowe

BadTieExplanationMathematicalHow

We have lots of ideas, lots of dreams.

Masayoshi Son

DreamsIdeasLots

I never misrepresent my position - you've got to be strong enough to make the argument and marshal the case.

Louis Theroux

Be StrongStrongEnoughYouArgument

Republicans get a lot of money from big business, but they are not tied to the union dollar. As a result they have been aggressive advocates of school reform, charter schools and vouchers for private schools.

Juan Williams

BusinessMoneySchoolResultDollar

My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know.

Josef Albers

FatherParentsTheatreYouKnow

I loved multi-tasking. I loved being involved in a lot of things. To me, the more complex the better, and so being a leader of a business to me was like, 'Wow, that's what I want to be.'

Denise Morrison

LeaderBusinessMeLovedBetterWow

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them.

Bruno Bettelheim

FailureFearChildrenGreatLibrary

I think possibly what people working for one hate the most is indecision. Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision. The most important thing I can do is try and make myself very clearly understood.

Anna Wintour

MyselfDecisionHatePeopleThink

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