Isaiah Berlin Quotes

Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.

Isaiah Berlin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: June 6, 1909 - November 5, 1997

Topics

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I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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During their service, men and women in our Armed Forces live by a common creed, promising never to leave a soldier behind. We should live by the same principle. When our veterans are asked to travel hundreds of miles for care that's offered right next door, we simply aren't living up to that standard, and something has to change.

John Delaney

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I've got a business manager and he'll just come right out and say, 'It wasn't the best part for you,' or 'It was okay, but I've seen you do better.' So when he does say, 'Wow that was great!,' then I know that he means it and it's something.

John Mahoney

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Home is the center of life. It's the wellspring of personhood. It's where we say we're ourselves.

Matthew Desmond

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Mythology contains a rich history of legendary weapons, most famously 'Excalibur,' weapons that could only be used by the pure of heart.

Ann Nocenti

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When you're in a turnaround situation, you cannot incrementalize your way out of it.

Steve Easterbrook

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Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.

Simon Sinek

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It's been my desire to support efforts to aim at healing the relationship between law enforcement and the community.

Doug Baldwin

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I used to watch 'Fresh Prince' all the time. I knew that I could do that.

Algee Smith

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Success in M&As comes with executing with vigour along with the obvious right choices that you got to make.

Punit Renjen

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The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that's very different from the present - and that's not fully valued.

Peter Thiel

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One of the things that I do that I've found from being newly married is that my husband and I, we go in the bathroom and brush our teeth together. And that's when we talk about what's going on in the day, so we get to bond that way.

Sherri Shepherd

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