Samuel Smiles Quotes

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.

Samuel Smiles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: December 23, 1812 - April 16, 1904

Topics

GreatMenLivingDeadGreat Men

Music is the key to the female heart.

Johann G. Seume

MusicHeartKeyFemale

I used to have a little saying I used when people said, 'What are your priorities?' I'd give them a bit of government alphabet soup. I'd say 'CTCPROW: Counterterrorism, counterproliferation, rest of the world.'

Michael Hayden

GovernmentPeopleWorldSayingRest

These things have a life of there own and never existed when I was growing up certainly worrying when one would get made. It's kind of amazing how that one movie kept living through all these years.

Stockard Channing

LifeAmazingGrowing UpKindLiving

Where I'm from, you go to college, become a carpenter or something, and stay in the district.

Travis Fimmel

CollegeYouGoBecomeSomething

I enjoy hats. And when one has filthy hair, that is a good accessory.

Julia Roberts

GoodHairEnjoyHatsFilthy

Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

DutyOthersOftenTooExpectsDoes

I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve important functions on the Internet. As more and more Websites disappear, I'm thankful Slate is still around because it makes things less lonely.

David Talbot

ThankfulThinkInternetLonelyMore

The change we seek for our nation is not the choice of an individual but must be the calling of a country.

Cory Booker

ChangeChoiceCountryNationSeek

Baseball is a game of inches.

Branch Rickey

BaseballGameInches

Autoimmunity is probably the next frontier. The majority of cases of autoimmune disease result from a complex genetic problem that has environmental influences. It is a colossal task for the immune system to maintain tolerance to self and yet be ready to react to everything in the world around us.

Bruce Beutler

EnvironmentalWorldSelfProblem

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world.

Archibald MacLeish

PoetryWorldFeelJournalismLook

I've been through a lot and played for a long time, so I can understand what others will go through. That's why I want to help them out. There are a lot of players who go to Belgium, for example, and have had terrible experiences. I know players, and they have come to me.

Nwankwo Kanu

TimeMeHelpLongI CanLong Time

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