Goldwin Smith Quotes

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

Goldwin Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: August 13, 1823 - June 7, 1910

Topics

StrengthDisciplineFeelCitizen

My hair looks so good out in the desert, it's unbelievable. It's, like, perfectly not frizzy.

Jenny Lewis

GoodHairDesertLooksOutLike

In film, there's this kind of constant fear that you're going to be doing too much. That may be an unfounded fear because I love sizable performances on film, especially when they're by performers who push the boundaries of what people deem the right kind of size.

Andrew Garfield

LoveFearPeoplePushDoingYou

We created the hierarchical, pyramidal, managerial system because we needed it to keep track of people and things people did; with the computer to keep track, we can restructure our institutions horizontally.

John Naisbitt

PeopleSystemThingsKeepBecause

For an encore, I might do health-care cartoons using my own blood. That will be my last act.

Steve Breen

BloodWillMy OwnActOwnCartoons

Every weekend I go to the guitar bar in Hoboken and do a jam session.

Steve Capus

GuitarWeekendGoBarJamEvery

I just make films that attract me.

Sissy Spacek

MeAttractMakeJustFilms

In a startup, in the early days, it can be hard to explain what you do.

Trip Adler

YouEarlyHardExplainDaysStartup

The sax solo as we know it today would not exist without Gerry Rafferty. His 1978 soft-rock classic 'Baker Street' has to be the 'Ulysses' of rock & roll saxophone, giving the entire chorus over to Raphael Ravenscroft's sax solo, creating one of the Seventies' most enduringly creepy sounds.

Rob Sheffield

TodayGivingCreatingKnowStreet

What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who uphold the Constitution and who don't see themselves as a super legislature.

Michele Bachmann

ConstitutionWillJudgesBenchSee

It's been exciting to share my story for people to relate to me and reach out.

Mirai Nagasu

PeopleMeStoryReachOutShare

When I talk about God, I'm not necessarily talking about religion. To me, God is the energy and light that each of us carries.

Juanes

GodLightReligionMeEnergyTalk

I think most folks are good folks.

Judge Mills Lane

GoodThinkMostI ThinkFolks

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