Walter Pater Quotes

To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.

Walter Pater

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 4, 1839 - July 30, 1894

Topics

LifeSuccessFlameBurnHardAlways

A lot of why I climb is for the friendship, the loyalty and trust, the shared experience of being in that moment.

Jimmy Chin

FriendshipLoyaltyMomentTrustWhy

The cooperation of the two retina in one field of vision, whatever is its cause, must rather be the source of all the ideas to which single or double vision may give rise.

Johannes P. Muller

VisionIdeasRiseCooperationSingle

A German firm called Friendsurance relies on people forming their own groups, which apply peer pressure to keep claims and costs lower. The result is refunded premiums for customers and profit for the company.

John Gerzema

PeoplePressureResultProfitOwn

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

Maya Lin

LifeLearningMoneyYouOnlyAbout

Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed.

Mercedes McCambridge

WorkActorTryOnlyEvenGlad

I should have more vanity.

Amy Brenneman

VanityMoreShould

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is.

Sophocles

WordsPainCheckStillYourCure

I always find the first thing that really bothers me when I start a screenplay is, I have to find a different form. You can't follow the form of the novel. It's a different thing completely. It's impossible. You just somehow have to find a structure for the whole thing. You have to crack that.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

MeStartImpossibleYouFindFollow

I started really noticing, more and more, how men will plagiarize and take credit for women's work... I've noticed that it just happens a lot.

Dolores Huerta

WorkWomenMenCreditWillMore

In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.

Arthur Henderson

PowerPoliticsBalanceWarWelcome

I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are all kinds of good choices.

Sharron Angle

GoodChoicesYouChoiceKnowKinds

The Fair Debt Collection Act was passed in 1977, and there were never any provisions for rules to be written under it, so it hasn't kept pace with the times.

Richard Cordray

RulesDebtNeverFairActPace

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