Samuel Ullman Quotes

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Samuel Ullman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 13, 1840 - March 21, 1924

Topics

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I like to think that images of people doing amazing things may open people's eyes to the human potential, to the idea that people can do the extraordinary when they set their minds to it.

Jimmy Chin

EyesPeopleAmazingThinkPotential

Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families.

Melissa Bean

WorkSuccessBusinessTogetherBuild

I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and work with underprivileged girls to pair them up with other writers. And it gets them learning to express themselves and become familiar with their own voice. They have a 100% success ratio getting those girls into college.

Melissa Rosenberg

WorkLearningSuccessGirlGreat

The most important tip is to find a workout that you love - one that you're excited to go to. And do it with a group of friends. That's one of the reasons I created Happy Hour. It's effective, but it's also really fun to dance together under a disco ball.

Anna Kaiser

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I like what's obscure.

Steven Klein

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Your executives liking your show makes all the difference in the world. It's the difference between happiness and misery.

Rob Thomas

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Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

Roger McGuinn

GuitarFameRockRollHall

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you.

Douglas Coupland

GoalsEnoughYouBecomeNeverBig

I was a crazy little seven-year-old. I used to get up an hour early to watch the big kids train. I thought, 'I must absorb their awesomeness.' That was my goal from when I was seven. I told my coach, 'I'm going to the Olympics.'

Bronte Campbell

CrazyThoughtEarlyGoalTrainBig

A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonist's taste in music, or we're told that the hero looks like the young Cary Grant. Film is the medium these writers are looking for.

Peter Temple

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I never looked at my future as comedy. Even at Second City, I always thought of it as acting. I knew I was going to be an actor financially, emotionally, egotistically.

Scott Adsit

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The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis.

Morley Safer

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