Nikolai Gogol Quotes

They're thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he'll learn all that is necessary for him to know.

Nikolai Gogol

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: March 31, 1809 - March 4, 1852

Topics

GoodManThinkingLearnFarmerKnow

We all have our demons. When we finally learn to let them go, we get to live and be free.

Jodie Sweetin

LiveFreeLearnDemonsGoGet

A man's got two shots for jewelry: a wedding ring and a watch. The watch is a lot easier to get on and off than a wedding ring.

John Mayer

ManJewelryWeddingRingTwoWatch

I'm rarely in a position where I can actually answer my phone without being rude to someone else. Sometimes I look back and realize it's been weeks since I've actually been alone. With texting, I can at least get a sense of what's going on without interrupting what I'm doing.

Steve Huffman

AloneSomeoneDoingLookBackPhone

I'm a country boy. I hate New York. But that's where things happen, so I use it as a base for stories, I know enough about it. But I have to keep going back there.

Mickey Spillane

HateKeep GoingNew YorkEnoughBack

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

Joseph Campbell

WorkLiveMoneyJobThinkPerson

It's not enough to be a woman. You have to care about women's issues. And women's issues here in Iowa are that we have a strong economy. We have jobs that our sons and daughters can go off to someday. We have a great educational system. And women want strong national defense. We want to know that our families are going to be safe.

Joni Ernst

WomenGreatWomanStrongCareYou

Different people approach the universe in different ways, but they also approach their own expectations in different ways.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

PeopleExpectationsUniverseOwn

It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.

Bobby Keys

TiredSugarMatterNeverPlaying

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

Arthur Erickson

HeartHeadMustGuide

I just want to go out there and just play basketball. That's when I have the most fun and when everybody around me has the most fun as well.

Anthony Bennett

FunMeBasketballPlayGoWant

You're confident, you're going to the ring to fight, but there's always that little thing where you're thinking, 'God.' You're nervous. But you have to embrace it and enjoy it.

Anthony Joshua

GodFightThinkingConfidentEnjoy

The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.

Alonzo Church

AssumptionsLookChoiceFailAnnoyed

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