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Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: scottish
Birth: December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881

Topics

Source Faults Summary Egotism

After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made.

Movies Worst Fired Made Some Did

My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work.

Work Good Government Citizen Task

I used to have a road-rage issue.

I always say: 'If I'm lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work again, that's it, I'm being wheeled on, sitting on a sofa, and someone's going to feed me grapes, and I'm not getting up.'

Work Opportunity Me Someone Enough

Silicon Valley's long-running track record of creating globally disruptive startups is the envy of the world.

World Envy Creating Track Valley

I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.

Hand Rhythm Left Drums Did His

The ad revenues still go up because nothing dependably delivers the eyeballs that successful series do.

Go Nothing Up Successful Because Ad

What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down.

Work People You Down Want First

Venetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state.

Loyalty City Feel Affection Rather

During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effect, and all groups really experienced hard times: poor whites, poor blacks.

William Julius Wilson

Great Depression Society Problems

Temperance is essential, if the services of men and women are to be employed to the best and most useful effect according, to the physical capacity and ability of each. Nothing less will assure a total effort.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Women Best Men Effort Nothing Will

We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that. We started with a humble log house, milk cow, garden-raised our own food, killed a hog every year in the fall, and had the meat hanging up in the smokehouse - that was our childhood, me and ol' Si.

Humble Water Food Childhood Me Year

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