Hesiod Quotes

Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.

Hesiod

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: greek
  • Birth: 800 BC - 720 BC

Topics

ExcellenceRoadLongYouSweatWay

A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low.

Jerry Saltz

LifeSadArtPaintingMuseumGroup

I want to show another side of Middle Easterners. My hope is that I would be able to play a variety of parts, and not always be the guy with the accent.

Maz Jobrani

HopePlayWantAlwaysSideMiddle

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke. Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too.

Andy Warhol

GreatThinkAmericaTraditionYou

When businesses go through hard times, through down markets, what do they do is they challenge every basic assumption of how they operate. They innovate. They create disruption for a while that leads them to even greater heights when the economy turns around.

Jeb Bush

ChallengeDownCreateGoHeights

I want people to hear me and feel like they can be bold as well.

Stefflon Don

PeopleMeFeelBoldWantWell

There are a lot of rules in cities that were designed to protect a particular incumbent, but not to move a city's constituents, a city's citizens, and the city itself, forward. And that's a problem.

Travis Kalanick

CityForwardProblemRulesProtect

You've just got to do the best that you can.

Drew Barrymore

BestYouGotJust

The last three films I've done are about self-immolation.

Claire Forlani

DoneThreeLastAboutFilms

As scientists, we track down all promising leads, and there's reason to suspect that our universe may be one of many - a single bubble in a huge bubble bath of other universes.

Brian Greene

UniverseDownBathBubbleReason

It's just a matter of me opening up the page and whatever is written on the page, that's what I'm here to do.

Anthony Anderson

MePageMatterOpeningWhateverUp

I was acting before I did music, so it is an easier transition for me in my own mindset.

Ashley Thomas

MusicMeMindsetActingTransition

Social media is a great way to get discovered in the industry because it's free, it's worldwide, and everyone's on it - a very powerful combination.

Winnie Harlow

GreatSocial MediaFreePowerfulWay

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