James Henry Breasted Quotes

In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe represents the highest ascent of the life processes to which evolution had anywhere attained.

James Henry Breasted

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 27, 1865 - December 2, 1935

Topics

LifeKnowledgeTimeUniverseFirst

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

PeopleYouthImpossibleGrowBecome

I'm up at 6 A.M. and start my day with 20 minutes of meditation.

Stella Maxwell

DayStartMeditationUpMinutes

My first trip to China was 1990, and that was in a world where there were virtually no cars at all on the road, and everybody had bicycles.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

WorldRoadFirstChinaWhereTrip

It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite. The power of ballot turns into the power of wallet. Some law-makers become law-breakers.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

HopePowerPower CorruptsTrueTurn

I really have to feel a sense of freedom in my storytelling.

Robbie Robertson

FreedomFeelStorytellingSense

I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989.

Rob Liefeld

OutFanBatmanWhichCameKeaton

As a kid, falling was embarrassing. As I got older, I got used to falling and picking myself back up. There's not a sense of failure. It's of disappointment. You train so hard to not make mistakes. When you do, you're learning from that. How do I improve? How do I get better for the next time? Through every failure, there's something to be learned.

Michelle Kwan

LearningFailureTimeMyselfBetter

I think comedians see themselves as people among people.

Michael Showalter

PeopleThinkSeeComediansI Think

But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.

Bob Dylan

StandSometimesPresidentNakedMust

At last, someone came to tell me I'd been selected as commissioner, which gave rise to the line that I took the job with clean hands. I was then taken downstairs to a press conference, and the reporters were as surprised as I was.

Pete Rozelle

JobMeSomeoneHandsRiseClean

I don't fool myself. I can't see myself doing Shakespeare.

Sharon Tate

MyselfFoolDoingSeeShakespeare

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Thomas Carlyle

WisdomIgnoranceBelieveIndividual

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