Samuel Butler Quotes

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.

Samuel Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902

Topics

LongFindLittleCannotSurprised

The worst thing about being in the public eye is that journalists write things that you can't control.

Jodie Whittaker

ControlEyeYouWorstWriteThings

When I worked in the Obama White House, people in national security positions had been uneasy making broad public arguments, particularly about political matters.

Jennifer Palmieri

PeoplePoliticalHouseSecurityBeen

I'm really happy. Really!

Jennifer Aniston

HappyReally

Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but there's also nothing like the thrill you get being in the same space with that audience right there and then. And when you do it, it's over.

Michael C. Hall

SpacePressureYouNothingMeanYes

I made my money in Iscar. I spend my money on the industrial parks.

Stef Wertheimer

MoneyIndustrialMadeParksSpend

Parents and teachers, learn to listen, then listen to learn from children.

Russell M. Nelson

ChildrenParentsLearnTeachersThen

When I signed back with Detroit, I signed to retire a Piston.

Chauncey Billups

BackDetroitRetireSigned

If you look back at when things like tablets and smartphones were first invented, or the Newton at Apple, that was the first attempt at VR. We didn't even have 3D GPUS, or were just getting them.

Brendan Iribe

YouLookBackAppleFirstThings

The phenomenon of creativity, we know, is closely related to the ability to yoke together separate, and even seemingly incompatible, matrices.

Wole Soyinka

CreativityTogetherKnowAbility

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

William Shenstone

StrengthMenYouBeliefEverWhile

There are air-quality issues that cross state lines. There are water-quality issues, obviously, that cross state lines.

Scott Pruitt

LinesIssuesStateCrossObviously

I've always been interested in visual art and used to be much more into theater when I was younger, or more knowledgeable about what's going on. And literature has played a big part in my life.

Todd Haynes

LifeArtMy LifeLiteratureMore

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