Baruch Spinoza Quotes

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

Baruch Spinoza

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: November 24, 1632 - February 21, 1677

Topics

DifficultRareThingsExcellent

Bridge the gap with closed minds though careful dissection of ideas and solid presentation of fact.

Maximillian Degenerez

IdeasBridgeMindsPresentationGap

You just keep doing stuff, and one thing evolves into another. Then suddenly it's like, 'Oh, wait, I'm here surfing against Kelly Slater and all these guys I grew up watching.'

John John Florence

WaitDoingYouWatchingUpAgainst

There was a period which I refer to as the 'Golden Age of Jazz,' which sort of encompasses the middle Thirties through the Sixties, we had a lot of great innovators, all creating things which will last the world for a long, long time.

Sonny Rollins

AgeGreatTimeWorldLongJazz

Many of us are more capable than some of us... but none of us is as capable as all of us!

Tom Wilson

MoreCapableUsNoneThanSome

Broadway is obviously a dream come true, but audiences everywhere continue to make performing a blast.

Rob McClure

DreamTrueComeContinuePerforming

I'm very uncomfortable, mainly with my belly.

Ronaldo

UncomfortableBellyVeryMainly

Perhaps there should be a box on the census form that says, 'I'm a criminal.' Everyone who has ever committed a crime would be required to check it. If everyone were forced to acknowledge their own criminality, maybe we, as a nation, would second-guess our apparent zeal for denying full citizenship to those branded felons.

Michelle Alexander

CitizenshipCrimeNationBoxOwn

I really love having lots of down time with my kids.

Molly Shannon

LoveTimeDownKidsReallyHaving

You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it.

Liz Phair

LifeArtYouArtistKnowBecome

I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

Little Richard

NeverIdeaBlueprintAcceptedSome

When I'm doing sports, I always think of how it's related to singing, and when I watch tennis, I learn a lot for my singing: how the players are focused, how they use their technique, and, in the case of Roger Federer, how effortless it is and how beautiful it is to watch - like bel canto, in a way. That's how singing should be.

Juan Diego Florez

BeautifulSportsSingingThinkLearn

I've fixed hard problems of all kinds, civil rights and business problems. It's the stuff I like to do, and I'm good at it, as a matter of fact... and I never left my conscience at the door.

Deval Patrick

GoodBusinessDoorProblemsMatter

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