Frederick William Robertson Quotes

Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.

Frederick William Robertson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 3, 1816 - August 15, 1853

Topics

MenBrokenExpectationsOutHopes

I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.

Jesse Ventura

BelieveProfessionalI BelieveMore

I say that glorious prose is a fine and laudable thing, but without an enthralling story, it's just so much verbal tapioca. Simply put, the best books have both, and the best writers disparage neither.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

BestStorySayWithoutFineJust

Lash extensions. I hate wearing mascara because it runs all over my face.

Sofia Richie

HateFaceOverBecauseMascaraLash

As a 29-year-old, the only thing that I can possibly think is that if I'm still performing at 50, it's because I'll have had disastrous marriages and I have to pay for them.

Robbie Williams

ThinkI CanPayBecausePerforming

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

Rita Dove

ChildrenTalentThinkInsightOut

There's nothing more invigorating than being deeply involved with a small company and a young team of founders out to do something incredibly special.

Michael Moritz

TeamSmallYoungNothingSpecial

As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.

Mohamed ElBaradei

AloneDemocracyActingTreasureMuch

Women rule the world. It's not really worth fighting because they know what they're doing. Ask Napoleon. Ask Adam. Ask Richard Burton or Richie Sambora. Many a man has crumbled.

Jon Bon Jovi

WomenManWorldFightingDoingKnow

I walk my dog every morning.

Chelsea Clinton

DogMorningWalkEvery

Los Angeles traffic is just the worst thing in the world. It throws off timing so much. However, it's always warm and sunny. New Jersey has absolutely terrible weather, but the environment is really homey and chill.

Christina Grimmie

WeatherWorldChillWarmEnvironment

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

Boyd Rice

FreedomPeopleSocietyThinkRights

In the 20th century, in the darkest period of German and European history, an insane racist ideology, born of neopaganism, gave rise to the attempt, planned and systematically carried out by the regime, to exterminate European Jews. The result has passed into history as the Shoah.

Pope Benedict XVI

HistoryResultRiseBornOutInsane

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