Leo Strauss Quotes

If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom.

Leo Strauss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: September 20, 1899 - October 18, 1973

Topics

WisdomManVirtueThingsCannot

I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap.

Robert Smith

ThinkEdgeLivingMythI ThinkCrap

I'll be with The Goat until the fall. Then I've been given three plays to look at and there have been a couple of films have come over the desk. I will probably not do either one of them.

Mercedes Ruehl

FallLookDeskThreeWillOver

As an adolescent, I went to charm school, where I learned to pour tea and relate to boys, which, as I recall, meant giving them the pickle jar to unscrew, whether it was too hard for me or not.

Sue Monk Kidd

SchoolTeaMeGivingHardCharm

If you like my renditions of faerie-folk, then you will most certainly like Brian Froud's work.

Tony DiTerlizzi

WorkYouWillLikeBrianMost

I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life.

Tom Stoppard

LifeMyselfPersonFortunateLed

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

Ruben Studdard

CoolDoingPersonalUpFansBeing

For me, I exercise every morning. I exercise every day. I work out about an hour and 20 minutes, which is aerobics and resistance training. I work on agility and balance. I work on the things that are going to help my condition. I do agility training. I walk on a treadmill. I use an elliptical. I use weights.

Montel Williams

WorkMorningWalkDayTrainingMe

That is one thing I really hate about working in TV - you have to shape episodes to exact time-lengths, do like 22 minutes, and it is just so against what you are making.

Julia Davis

HateYouShapeAgainstWorkingJust

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

LifeFutureLife Is ABeenSum

The worst thing as an actor is when you're not getting opportunities to try and show what you can do; the best thing is when you get material that really lets you express something and that you're excited about.

Domhnall Gleeson

BestOpportunitiesYouActorWorst

In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.

Desmond Tutu

FreedomPeaceSupportPeopleWorld

There is no evidence that success in business will make us happy people or allow us to have happy families.

Clayton M. Christensen

SuccessBusinessHappyPeopleWill

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