Lewis H. Lapham Quotes

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.

Lewis H. Lapham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 8, 1935

Topics

LeadershipLeaderCharacterEffort

'Mad Men' has been my big break. I'm beyond thrilled.

Jessica Pare

MenMadBeyondBreakBigBeen

You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a character. But, we're human beings and our instruments are not violins, they are our bodies and our consciousness and our collective life experience.

John C. Reilly

LifeCharacterTruthTimeExperience

If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.

Andrew Jackson

GrowBattleSwordNowSeparation

My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures.

Meghan O'Rourke

LifeKnowledgeHistoryUnderstanding

Biology always beats will power.

Mehmet Oz

PowerBiologyWillAlwaysBeats

I want a language that speaks the truth.

Studs Terkel

TruthLanguageWantSpeaks

I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria.

Sting

ExistAlmostStateHysteria

So for Bullitt, I just put my black hat back on.

Robert Vaughn

HatBlackBackJustPutBlack Hat

Beware angel investors: they can be disruptive.

Mitch Kapor

AngelBewareDisruptiveInvestors

If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you.

Donna Brazile

VisionMoneyYouWillOpponentOut

I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.

Dorothy Fields

GoodSongCareBackWillAudience

It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have no authority over you. These maniacs have no authority over us. And they might be able to put our bodies in prison, but they can't put our spirits in prison.

Cindy Sheehan

LiePeoplePrisonYouCountryOver

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