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Benjamin Jowett Quotes

Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

Benjamin Jowett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Value Research Results Achieve Never

Some people will never take Madonna seriously - just as many never took Marilyn Monroe seriously. Novelty images - especially that of a sex symbol - are hard to erase.

People Sex Seriously Will Never

Originally when I went off to work on 'The Lord of The Rings' I got a call from my agent saying that I was just going to do a voice. But I couldn't really approach it like that. To get Gollum's voice I had to play the character.

Work Character Saying Voice Play

Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.

Smile Dance Drink Up Days Gone

The way consumers interact with music is different now. It's not an albums business anymore; it's a singles business again, and the industry has gone through that before.

Business Music Now Way Through Gone

They asked me why I was wearing heels, and I said, I'm trying to hide my ass. They gave me a prosthetic behind.

Michael Rosenbaum

Me Trying Hide Said Why Heels

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

Work Drive Him Obsession Painter He

I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.

Words Remember Trying Know Just

And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience.

Experience Vegas Three Days Seven

It's silly to have a prototype, because one inevitably falls for someone unexpected. My only criterion is she shouldn't just look nice; she must have a personality, too.

Personality Someone Unexpected Look

I wish I was more into clothes. I don't know the current designers.

Wish Clothes Know More I Wish

I can't actually read interviews with thesps now because they're almost always fantastically predictable, the men especially. Actors are forever stressing their ordinariness, their beer and football-loving commitments.

Men Beer Now Always Forever Almost

English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency.

Nicola Sturgeon

Face Used English Different Market

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