Walter Bagehot Quotes

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.

Walter Bagehot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 3, 1826 - March 24, 1877

Topics

HistoryArtLightBestShadowRest

The existing system will be quickest and most radically overthrown by the annihilation of its exponents. Therefore, massacres of the enemies of the people must be set in motion.

Johann Most

PeopleWillEnemiesSystemMotion

Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligence of strategy. To think strategically, one has to imagine oneself in the enemy's place. If one cannot do this, it is impossible to foresee, to take by surprise, to outflank. Misinterpreting an enemy can lead to defeat. This is how empires fall.

John Berger

IntelligenceImpossibleThinkUnique

Some days it's tough, and I don't want to train my mental game, or I don't want to train my components as hard as I used to.

Max Aaron

GameToughTrainWantHardDays

It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.

Simon Conway Morris

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My 20s were totally bonkers. I was living out of a suitcase and burning the candle at both ends. But I tell you - I am totally over it.

Toni Collette

I AmCandleYouLivingOverOut

When you hold something you created, drew, and conceived, and now here it is in 3D plastic - it is a rush.

Rob Liefeld

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Before 'Lost Boy,' I was singing, doing six-second covers on Vine, working part-time and in school, but music was always my true love.

Ruth B

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The Middle East is a very difficult stage to play upon. Without doubt, it is a good drama. And on occasion, there are situations so unimaginable, if not ludicrous, as to make them almost comic. But the cast is constantly changing, the audience is often disengaged, and it seems at times that no one is actually running the show.

Jason Alexander

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I'm really about body positivity and self-love, and I will definitely push the boundary with a pink midriff-baring top.

Jonathan Van Ness

PinkPushSelf-LoveBodyWillTop

Of course this is Vegas and it is the melting pot for all over the world, but people from all over the world know Donny and Marie. It is amazing. I have been in the business a long time to realize careers can be fleeting. Five years is a long career nowadays for some people, and here we are still going strong after 40 years.

Donny Osmond

BusinessTimePeopleAmazingWorld

On the Agriculture Committee, I will be an ardent and strong champion for our farmers to ensure that they are treated fairly, particularly in regards to how their products are priced.

Chris Gibson

ChampionStrongAgricultureFarmers

I think of sports writers as mediating between two worlds. Athletes probably think of sports writers as not macho enough. And people in high culture probably think of sports writers as jocks or something. They are in an interestingly complex position in which they have to mediate the world of body and the world of words.

David Shields

SportsCultureWordsPeopleWorld

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