Lytton Strachey Quotes

The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.

Lytton Strachey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 1, 1880 - January 21, 1932

Topics

PeaceWarActionPlaceCivilization

Even the most despicable person is still a human being.

Stellan Skarsgard

PersonHumanHuman BeingBeingStill

I deliberate over the lyrics; I really do. I'll come up with one line in a day, and then it might be a couple of days before I come up with the rhyming line. It's never been easy for me.

Rod Stewart

DayMeEasyNeverOverLine

The book of Revelation is written largely in symbols.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford

BookSymbolsRevelationWritten

I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training.

Joseph Pulitzer

CharacterMenTrainingHelpYoung

If people want to code, and they want to be entrepreneurs, there's opportunities for them to do that.

Jon Oringer

PeopleOpportunitiesWantCodeThem

I don't understand this concept of women-oriented films or stories based on women, because nobody uses the term, a 'man-oriented' film. Why do you have to separate girls from boys?

Disha Patani

WomenYouNobodyWhyUnderstand

The American people hit the streets and did something that the government wouldn't do: the Civil Rights Act. It didn't go down well with the corporate world.

Dick Van Dyke

ChildrenMeSmallGenerationYou

What happens is consciousness operates in mysterious ways. One of those ways is that the old paradigm suddenly starts to die.

Deepak Chopra

DieMysteriousOldParadigmHappens

The most famous rumor for me is that I had throat cancer. I never had throat cancer... I don't know why that started... The way I sing, probably.

Bob Seger

MeFamousKnowWhyWayNever

Probably more than anybody else, I loved Nat 'King' Cole as a performer - not only his singing but his piano playing. Whenever he had a new record come out, I'd get it and try to learn how he was playing. And he was one of the nicest people I'd ever met.

Bruce Forsyth

KingPeopleSingingLovedLearnNew

There's never going to be a decathlon that you're going to have 10 events that your satisfied with. You're always, always going to be dissatisfied in something, and that always draws you back to try to retry that the next time you do a decathlon. It's like you go for the perfect 10.

Ashton Eaton

TimeYouPerfectBackGoNever

I have no problem at all going back and forth between cable and network.

Shawn Ryan

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