Edmund Burke Quotes

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.

Edmund Burke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797

Topics

ServicePeopleConstructionChoose

Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another.

Joan Didion

ChildrenConnectedCaliforniaSee

In my private sector career, two of my favorite sayings were, 'Strategy is easy and execution is really hard,' and that we should 'run at criticism.'

John Delaney

CriticismStrategyEasyCareerRun

I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young.

Maurice Sendak

WorkYoungStillTurnedEnamored

I never thought acting would be a realistic job for me. Because, quite frankly, I didn't see people who looked like me doing it. I quickly realized, that's all the more reason to try.

Riz Ahmed

JobPeopleMeThoughtDoingActing

My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain.

Dick York

PainMeWavesLongBackDown

I'm not going to worry about proving people wrong. My goal isn't to prove people wrong. You can't worry about what other people say.

Draymond Green

PeopleWorryYouGoalWrongSay

I am nice, yeah. I'm cool. But I'm no push-over. And if someone gets one over on me, they've done it when my eyes were closed, and it doesn't happen twice.

Anthony Joshua

EyesI AmMeCoolSomeoneNice

As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national interest.

Peter Singer

PeopleThinkImpactMoreRealize

My whole intention at 'WrestleMania XIV' was to drop the belt to Steve, but I was going to make everybody sweat it out and make them think I wasn't. Obviously, I got that accomplished. That's extremely unprofessional, but that's exactly who I was and what I was doing.

Shawn Michaels

ThinkDoingIntentionSweatOutGot

I hate raising money. It diverts you from what your real task is: to be a representative. You're diverted into preservation when you really want to spend your time and energy making a better state and a better country - which is the reason you ran in the first place.

Shelley Moore Capito

TimeMoneyHateEnergyBetterYou

I think any student of military strategy would tell you that in order to attack a position, you should have a ratio of approximately 3 to 1 in favor of the attacker.

Norman Schwarzkopf

ThinkStrategyYouStudentMilitary

I've experienced several different healing methodologies over the years - counseling, self-help seminars, and I've read a lot - but none of them will work unless you really want to heal.

Lindsay Wagner

WorkHealingYouWantWillOver

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