Eric Hoffer Quotes

Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.

Eric Hoffer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 25, 1898 - May 21, 1983

Topics

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The most important lesson I've learned is how rich and rewarding life is when one can engage in meaningful work, whether on the job or outside of work.

Melanne Verveer

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Geological age plays the same part in our views of the duration of the universe as the Earth's orbital radius does in our views of the immensity of space.

John Joly

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I am glad that Zimbabwe and China speak the same language on many issues. We share the same conviction that only a fair, just, and non-prescriptive world order, based on the principles of the charter of the United Nations, can deliver the development we all need.

Robert Mugabe

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You know, I start with the assumption that -or with, with the belief that this president has to succeed. We all have an enormous amount of capital invested in his success. His success is the country's success.

Michael Bloomberg

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A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe.

Robert Casey

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The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

Michelangelo

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I'm always building images. Even when I go out and put a look together, it's in my head the whole day, like, how I'm going to create this whole story. But I'm never satisfied; it's always a work in progress no matter what. Every day is working.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

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I felt that the Fed had always been the agency that picked up the pieces when there was a financial crisis, and it was invented to do exactly that.

Janet Yellen

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As long as those things are on vinyl or tape or what have you, the record companies are going to release them someday.

Johnny Mathis

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I'm always suspicious of really beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty.

Susan Estrich

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We owe every student in every neighborhood in New Jersey an equal opportunity to succeed. We know that more money, alone, is not the answer. We need to redefine success, and how we pursue that success, by the outcomes obtained by students.

Thomas Kean, Jr.

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Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

Richard Thompson

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