Thomas Carlyle Quotes

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.

Thomas Carlyle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HappinessAgeMenYoungWiserHuman

The theater is my power center, and I love doing it in New York.

John Lithgow

LovePowerNew YorkDoingNewYork

To say that I have an undisciplined mind would not be incorrect overall, but it's a little off the mark because I have great discipline when I write - but only for about ten minutes.

Roseanne Barr

GreatDisciplineMindSayWriteOff

The creative act is also in a small way a suffering act - we start out with our ego, this hope of making this thing whatever it be, but so often it eludes us and it collapses and we kind of regress into this mental suffering, we can't find what we're looking for.

Michael Leunig

HopeCreativeSufferingSmallStart

Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams that my time was now or maybe never.

Liz Murray

LifeMotherDreamsTimeDaySaying

You win a championship, and you feel 7 feet tall.

Jose Altuve

WinFeetFeelYouTallChampionship

If I'm in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, 'Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?'

Brian Helgeland

ThoughtYouDownFirstSizeSee

The best mirror is an old friend.

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

FriendMirrorBestOldOld Friend

As cities get bigger, our best defence will be to prevent outbreaks in the first place by building better public health systems, improving childhood immunisation through better routine immunisation and pre-emptive vaccination campaigns.

Seth Berkley

HealthBestChildhoodBuildingPlace

Are machines getting more and more powerful? Absolutely. It's been going on since 1940. We are making progress, and for many people, it will be a lifesaver.

Moshe Vardi

ProgressPeoplePowerfulWillMore

I really want to go to school for herbalism. Healing plants - that's a really big passion for me.

Kerli

PassionSchoolHealingMePlantsGo

Childhood reading is so important.

Kristi Yamaguchi

ChildhoodReadingImportant

I don't think the author should make the reader do that much work to remember who somebody is.

Kevin J. Anderson

WorkThinkRememberSomebodyWho

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