Richard Whately Quotes

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.

Richard Whately

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 1, 1787 - October 8, 1863

Topics

MenExpectMayFollyExpected

Maybe I'm a little more confident than I used to be, but not much.

Meg White

ConfidentMoreLittleUsedThan

The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

Stella McCartney

NatureRespectMeImpactUnderstand

I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.

Tom Stoppard

DesignActDirect

My first match lasted 10 seconds, and I lost.

Roddy Piper

LostFirstMatchSecondsLasted

Wealth, in terms of dollars and so forth, could be counted up, because dollars were finite. It doesn't make any difference how many dollars you have-at a certain point you only have dollars. You start with finite, you end with finite.

Michael Nesmith

StartEndYouWealthDifferenceUp

Every time I rap about being a big girl in a small world, it's doing a couple things: it's empowering my self-awareness, my body image, and it's also making the statement that we are all bigger than this; we're a part of something bigger than this, and we should live in each moment knowing that.

Lizzo

LiveGirlTimeMomentWorldSmall

None of my comedy depended on looks. I never did tons of fat jokes.

Lisa Lampanelli

FatComedyLooksNeverJokesNone

I never felt a feeling that I knew or could know to be unlike the feelings of other people. I never consciously thought, except after patterns that the world or my fellows set for me.

Josiah Royce

PeopleMeWorldThoughtFeelings

I'd gone into that restaurant and sat down and the waitress had taken my order and everybody else had seen me with this what must have looked like this creature, this animal, sitting on the top of my head!

Derek Jacobi

AnimalMeRestaurantDownSitting

I always say it takes three weeks to know a character and three months to own it. And I think that's probably true of every theater artist. If you really want to see a performance of the show, wait three months.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

CharacterWaitPerformanceThinkYou

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

Arnold H. Glasow

LeadershipBusinessProblemAbility

First of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn't believe and doesn't seek the faith. Premise that - and it's the fundamental thing - the mercy of God has no limits if one turns to him with a sincere and contrite heart; the question for one who doesn't believe in God lies in obeying one's conscience.

Pope Francis

GodFaithHeartMeLimitsBelieve

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