A. A. Milne Quotes

I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.

A. A. Milne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 18, 1882 - January 31, 1956

Topics

LiveWorldNameDoingWillMean

Harvard was also a little bit of a villain in my first book, 'The Dante Club.' I guess there might be a way to make Harvard more of a sympathetic presence, but it's such a powerful institution that it more naturally lends itself toward not necessarily a negative but an obstructionist element in a story.

Matthew Pearl

VillainBookNegativeStoryPowerful

I had acting teachers, and one of the things that was encouraged was to keep it fresh, to be spontaneous. That's the magic of film often.

Matt Dillon

MagicActingTeachersSpontaneous

I'm very domestic; I love cleaning. I love cooking. I like waiting on people. I just like to make things. I don't break that down to be weakness, or the only things women can do, or putting me back 20 years.

Amy Sedaris

LoveWomenCookingWaitingPeople

I spent my 30s figuring out how to be a grown up, I guess. I loved my 30s! My 30s were really about being happy with what I was doing.

Ana Ortiz

HappyLovedDoingBeing HappyOut

The Lean Startup is a process for turning ideas into commercial ventures. Its premise is that startups begin with a series of untested hypotheses. They succeed by getting out of the building, testing those hypotheses and learning by iterating and refining minimal viable products in front of potential customers.

Steve Blank

LearningIdeasSucceedBuildingOut

One makes a trip by day, but by night, one sets out on a journey.

Tove Jansson

JourneyDayNightOutTripMakes

The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

Milan Kundera

PeopleWorthGoHumanOutsideExist

I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.

Jason Mraz

GentlemanTryingMore

You can literally walk into my apartment and sit on a hat; you can step on a hat; you can probably open up the refrigerator and find a hat tucked under some rotten food. I have a lot of hats.

Judah Friedlander

FoodWalkStepHatYouFind

It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.

Dennis Prager

HomePositionAbstractTakeEasier

Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.

Bruno Mars

MusicScienceYouUpKeepStuff

Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?

Algernon Sidney

WillShoeHimWearBecauseWell

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