Benjamin Jowett Quotes

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.

Benjamin Jowett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: theologian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 15, 1817 - October 1, 1893

Topics

MoneyRichThinkingSomeoneGoal

I was always told that I was too small, too skinny, too slow, not tough enough, and I never ever believed what people told me.

Joe Theismann

PeopleMeSmallToughSlowEnough

I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.

Andris Nelsons

GreatMeTraditionWantWithinTake

I love fiction and read novels constantly.

Michael Imperioli

LoveFictionReadNovelsConstantly

The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud.

Michael Chang

CommunityMeWinProudFeelingPlay

Improv classes were too expensive, so I just started going to open mics. And the day I did it, I did, like, three because I just loved it so much. It was so much fun. And it wasn't good, it was just fun to do. It felt like a release.

Michael Che

GoodDayFunLovedThreeOpen

Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.

Alton Brown

WorkMyselfSeriouslyTakeVery

I wear lots of Junk de Luxe sweaters, Cult of Individuality jeans - which are about the best for me - and Fiorentini + Baker boots. With fashion I'm good on jeans and boots. Ask me about anything else, and I'll just look at you doe-eyed and not understand what you're talking about.

Stephen Moyer

GoodBestMeFashionTalkingBoots

When you're part of the first family, your life tends to get played out in front of the whole nation.

Steven Ford

LifeFamilyYouFirstNationOut

So you can say, 'Get Big Government out of here, and don't tell me what to eat,' but when kids are going to school, and they're being fed junk, we're pretty much telling them what to eat, and we're telling them junk is OK.

Tom Colicchio

GovernmentSchoolMeYouSayEat

I feel like being a door person was like college in a sense. I could watch comedy on a professional level seven nights a week without paying, and they would pay me a nominal amount of money to be there.

Mike Birbiglia

MoneyCollegeMeDoorComedyWeek

Being a mother was too important to me to risk running out of time.

Monica Cruz

MotherTimeMeImportantRiskOut

Zeroing in on the best sectors or the best regions of the world is great, but zeroing in on the very best individual stocks is the key to making truly impressive profits.

Louis Navellier

GreatBestWorldKeyIndividual

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