Beatrice Webb Quotes

If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.

Beatrice Webb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 2, 1858 - April 30, 1943

Topics

NatureStrengthTimeWorldAimEat

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

HeartUnhappyFeelingsEarthGive

All music is just a collision of sounds until you know its internal conventions and understand the nuances. It's a question of familiarity.

Max Richter

MusicYouKnowUnderstandQuestion

After the reunification, there was a certain sense of foreignness because daily life in the former East German states was completely turned inside out - everything from the shops to the bureaucracy to the working world.

Angela Merkel

LifeDailyDaily LifeWorldInside

The people I choose as models have a quality that seems to contain the past, the present, and the future all at once. It's hard to explain. I can look at 100 people in a room but only find it in one person.

Amy Sherald

FutureQualityPastPeoplePresent

There's nothing wrong with a business that supports you and perhaps an extended family. But if you want to build a scalable startup, you need to be asking how you can you get enough customers/users/payers to build a business that can grow revenues past several $100M/year.

Steve Blank

FamilyBusinessPastGrowEnough

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

Steve Jobs

LifeFaithYouLoseBrickSometimes

Every player wants to be at Real Madrid, of course. I fought my entire life to be at the club, but only in the starting line-up.

Alvaro Morata

LifeRealStartingClubOnlyMadrid

I come from Cuba. Taxes for me are no big thing.

Tony Oliva

MeCubaTaxesBigComeThing

I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.

Tom McClintock

FreeBelieveI BelieveHold

My thoughts can sometimes be spurred by what I read, but my reading is extremely eclectic.

Robyn Davidson

ThoughtsReadingSometimesRead

I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who are my age have responded to the idea and are excited about the movie.

Diablo Cody

WomenAgeAmazingMeSweetHigh

You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.

Drew Barrymore

LifeLiveTimeMyselfAngryParents

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