Wilhelm von Humboldt Quotes

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: June 22, 1767 - April 8, 1835

Topics

WisdomPathGreatMenEvilForget

With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to go shopping is way down the list. It is something I do intend to get.

Jo Brand

ChildrenShoppingSmallChanceDown

I ushered at the Shubert in New Haven during graduate school when plays en route to Broadway still went out of town to try out. I worked backstage at summer stock doing jobs from garbage man to strapping on Herbert Marshall's wooden leg to fixing Gloria Swanson's broken plumbing in her dressing room with her yelling at me as I worked the plunger.

John Guare

ManBrokenSchoolMeDoingSummer

If we don't preserve the oceans from nitrate runoff and plastic and chemicals, and if we don't preserve it from acidification, and if we don't preserve it from grotesque overfishing - too much money chasing too few fish - we're going to have the most massive ecosystem on the planet in peril.

John F. Kerry

MoneyFishToo MuchPlasticPlanet

I didn't really want to live, so anything that was an investment in time made me angry... but also I just felt sad. When the hopelessness is hurting you, it's the fixtures and fittings that finish you off.

Angelina Jolie

LiveSadTimeAngryMeYou

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

John Wooden

ManWealthPoorAbility

One thing that I do want to say is Drake, as an artist, anybody has to respect him. He's in the game, and he's been in the game - he has longevity, even if he doesn't write or writes his music.

Ski Mask the Slump God

MusicRespectGameArtistSayWant

Anything that you think is wild or fun, or can't wait to see or show your friends, go for it.

Roman Coppola

FunWaitThinkFriendsYouGo

I think American Ballet Theatre is setting that standard now for classical ballet, that you can dream big, and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from, what your background is.

Misty Copeland

TheatreThinkAmericanYouLookNow

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Jose Saramago

ControlMilitaryGatewayMiddleEast

A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.

Debbie Allen

WayDirectorLittleJustThem

Do I have any advice for someone new to No. 10? Never open the door in your nightie. And that everybody has to adjust to it in a way that's right for their family.

Cherie Blair

FamilyDoorAdviceSomeoneNewWay

I promptly fell in love with scientific research and soon had assigned myself, as a major vocation, the task of elucidating the mechanism of action of the antidiabetic hormone.

Christian de Duve

LoveMyselfResearchActionTask

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