Edward Gibbon Quotes

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

Edward Gibbon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 27, 1737 - January 16, 1794

Topics

PowerHappyWhereAlmostSeldom

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

Jimmy Connors

MeTennisEverythingInvolvedGot

He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form.

John Crowe Ransom

StyleResultFallWillModernMay

I wish I had a filter; then, I'd suspect, who knows? I'd perhaps have more friends.

Robert Rinder

FriendsWishMoreI WishFilterWho

I don't think I'm ever going to retire from stand-up, but what I have retired from is working the road every week.

Jeff Garlin

RoadThinkWeekRetireGoingEvery

Our mail product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally.

Steve Ballmer

LeaderProductMailMarketOur

Deem no man happy until he passes the end of his life without suffering grief.

Sophocles

LifeGriefManHappySufferingEnd

I don't come from a film background. so I am grateful to everyone who loves my work.

Sidharth Malhotra

WorkGratefulI AmEveryoneFilmAm

The American people need to know that there are folks here fighting as hard as they can for individual liberty, economic freedom, appropriate national security and the fundamental moral values that have made our nation the greatest nation in the history of mankind.

Tom Price

FreedomHistoryPeopleFightingKnow

To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit.

Robert Fripp

HeartMeJazzPlayingAcousticKit

I was an observant but dreamy child. I had a lazy eye and wild curls.

Monique Roffey

ChildEyeLazyWildObservantCurls

In my photography, I always lean towards the underprivileged because that's where I came from. When I went to the wars, I attempted to go and stand by those who were being trodden on. By that, I mean people like the Palestinians. When I go to India, I see really the poorest people, and I tend to be drawn to them.

Don McCullin

PeopleStandPhotographyIndiaGo

With my first two husbands, I always kinda sensed they thought there was something wrong with me. Maybe I was too flighty or whatever.

Dixie Carter

MeThoughtWrongFirstTwoWhatever

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