Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes

Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 14, 1802 - October 15, 1838

Topics

LifeGreatArtWaterSocietyFrozen

You know what it's like having five kids? Imagine you're drowning. And someone hands you a baby.

Jim Gaffigan

BabySomeoneHandsYouKnowImagine

He who hates vice hates men.

John Morley

MenViceWhoHatesHe

One of the things that science fiction gets to do is thought experiments about the human condition that would be impractical or unethical to conduct in real life.

Robert J. Sawyer

LifeScienceThoughtScience Fiction

The first thing we need to understand when we think about globalization is that it has benefited an enormous number of people who are not part of the global elite.

Angus Deaton

PeopleThinkGlobalizationUnderstand

I'm really interested in harvesting surplus energy, energy that surrounds but we never really use.

Ann Makosinski

EnergyNeverInterestedUseReally

You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a job than first time guys. New kid on the block kind of thing.

Jeff Bridges

TimeJobYouNewKnowKind

My ego thinks I would like to be considered for more heavyweight roles, but the price you pay for that is they are always the same kind of roles.

Steffan Rhodri

EgoYouPriceKindMorePay

On private transactions, I'll just go very quickly now, a major difference between the United States and Euroland is that in Europe banks are much more important in financial transactions than in the United States.

Robert C. Solomon

FinancialGoImportantNowMore

As funny as we thought our script might have been, 'Super Troopers,' starring five nobodies, didn't fit the model of a good financial bet.

Jay Chandrasekhar

FunnyGoodThoughtFinancialBeen

Our poverty will be brought home to us to its full extent only after the war.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

HomeWarPovertyWillUsOnly

I tend to be pretty calm.

Colman Domingo

CalmPrettyTend

The whole enterprise of teaching managers is steeped in the ethic of data-driven analytical support. The problem is, the data is only available about the past. So the way we've taught managers to make decisions and consultants to analyze problems condemns them to taking action when it's too late.

Clayton M. Christensen

PastSupportActionProblemsProblem

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