Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters - self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.

Ezra Taft Benson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: leader
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 4, 1899 - May 30, 1994

Topics

MePrideSelfishnessMattersMore

I'm just asking for a fair shake. You see a lot of these guys, a lot of these other champions making what they're making. I'm not trying to take anything away from them, but I feel like I'm one of the more exciting fighters under contract in the UFC.

Max Holloway

FeelTryingYouChampionsMoreSee

Even the bad interviews I think you learn from. They make you better.

Matt Lauer

ThinkBetterLearnYouBadEven

To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world.

Ann Brashares

YourselfWorldStoryThinkYouOpen

I had always been interested in the space program, and I didn't know if I could be an astronaut like I'd dreamt about when I was a little kid - to me it sounded kind of silly, someone grow up to be an astronaut - but, when I was in my 20s, I thought maybe I can get a job with NASA or a contractor, do something with the space program.

Michael J. Massimino

JobSpaceMeThoughtGrowSomeone

I have a fiercely independent spirit.

Amber Heard

IndependentSpiritFiercely

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

JealousyJealousSmellAlike

There is a mysterious way in which orchestras keep a sense of their history and what they've done. I still listen to the L.A. Philharmonic and feel that Giulini was there.

Simon Rattle

HistoryFeelDoneWayMysterious

I don't enjoy hearing myself talk.

Romeo Santos

MyselfEnjoyTalkHearing

I was a very undisciplined person but acting was something that actually motivated me to get up in the morning. I hadn't experienced that before, but it was something that really excited me. I think I could be quite self-conscious and it gave me a release.

Rufus Sewell

MorningMeThinkActingPersonUp

As far as exercise, I play a lot of lacrosse and rugby, and I'm an avid distance swimmer. Nope, none of that is true. I do walk a lot, though.

Joshua Malina

GoodStartEnjoyIceIce CreamSure

We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing exists.

Josephine Hart

GoodnessProveHumanHereAddSum

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done.

Clifford Geertz

BeginningEndDoneWriteFinished

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