Thomas Carlyle Quotes

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

Thomas Carlyle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DailyGodGreatMeFactsGrow

I like Oprah. I could sit around and make vision boards all day, but I wouldn't actually get anything done if I were to concentrate on my feelings rather than doing.

Jen Lancaster

VisionDayDoingFeelingsDoneSit

When times are tough, public employees should have to make the same sacrifices as everyone else.

Robert Reich

ToughEmployeesSameEveryonePublic

As an artist, I've always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists.

Jeff Koons

ArtArtistAlwaysDialogueArtists

Without the communist oppression, I am absolutely sure I would now be a local stupid professor of philosophy in Ljubljana.

Slavoj Zizek

I AmStupidPhilosophyOppression

I ran because somebody had to do it first. In this country, everybody is supposed to be able to run for president, but that has never really been true.

Shirley Chisholm

CountryRunTrueNeverFirstBeen

People moan about Twitter, people being rude and trolling. Just turn it off. Life goes on.

Tom Parker Bowles

LifePeopleRudeTurnLife Goes On

Lots of people feel more alive when they're riding a roller-coaster relationship. But while this might be fun for a while, it can't possibly last.

Tracy McMillan

RelationshipFunPeopleFeelAlive

Despite all the public hand-wringing about negative advertising, political veterans will tell you that it persists because, more often than not, it works. But tearing down the other guy has another attraction: It can be a substitute for building much of a case for what the mudslinger will do once in office.

Robert Dallek

AdvertisingBuildingNegativeYou

So I am happy to have fans, especially if it enables me to keep working. And I am really grateful when people respond to my work.

Julia Stiles

WorkGratefulI AmHappyPeopleMe

Language kills, and inflamed rhetoric of the kind that spews almost daily from the lips of Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, and others running for public office in this country should be condemned.

Jay Parini

DailyLanguageLipsDonald Trump

It takes the same effort to think small than to think big. But to think big frees you from the insignificant details.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

EffortSmallThinkDetailsYouBig

Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.

Chris Lowe

StupidityEgoArroganceLongYou

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