T. E. Lawrence Quotes

The foreigners come out here always to teach, whereas they had much better learn, for, in everything but wits and knowledge, the Arab is generally the better man of the two.

T. E. Lawrence

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 16, 1888 - May 19, 1935

Topics

KnowledgeManBetterLearnTeach

So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse.

John Drinkwater

FailurePoetryKindMoodImpressUs

What we have now is doctors who are actually better technically at what they're doing in their specialty than 30 or 40 years ago, but we lost the relationship, when the doctor would look people in the eye and say, 'I care about you. We can do this together.'

Mehmet Oz

RelationshipTogetherPeopleDoctor

Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life in the future, or you can use that as an opportunity for growth.

Matt Emmons

LifeFailureGrowthFutureLiveYou

The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear.

John Quincy Adams

WisdomYouMoreLawsBrighterMoses

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Robert W. Service

MountainBrainySandYouAheadShoe

An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much of a profit can be made.

Daymond John

PotentialWorthDreamEntrepreneur

Chicanos and running water are endlessly fascinating. I can watch them all day.

Cheech Marin

WaterDayI CanWatchRunningThem

There will be no funeral! Before I get too old and ill, I'll go to South America and live among the Pemon people and meditate. When the time is right, they can throw my body into the volcano.

Brian Blessed

LiveTimePeopleAmericaBodyGo

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

PerfectionNothingMoreTakeLeft

There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society.

Antonin Scalia

DeathWorldSocietyCriticismSome

I love Australia; it was a really, really nice experience for me. It's such a beautiful place. The people are beautiful - like, really beautiful - and they are beautiful in terms of their personalities. It's a great place to be. It's like you are in a little bit of a dream world.

Shawn Mendes

LoveBeautifulGreatExperienceMe

The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don't know. I'll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don't know anything about him, and it's kinda sad.

Shaquille O'Neal

SadBestQualityMeForwardYou

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