Short quotations about, makes - Page 4

Stephen Hawking

We are just an advanced breed of mo…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. Great short quote and quotation by: Stephen Hawking , English cosmologist and physicist (1942 – )

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Stephen Hawking, Der Spiegel, 1989

We are just an advanced breed of mo…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. Great short quote and quotation by: Stephen Hawking, Der Spiegel, 1989 , English cosmologist and physicist (1942 – )

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Tom Stoppard, Rosencranz And Guildenstern Are Dead

We are tied down to a language that…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are tied down to a language that makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style. Great short quote and quotation by: Tom Stoppard, Rosencranz And Guildenstern Are Dead , British dramatist & screenwriter (1937 – )

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Jose Ortega y Gasset

We distinguish the excellent man fr…

15 Feb , 2011  

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands upon himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. Great short quote and quotation by: Jose Ortega y Gasset , Spanish philosopher & politician (1883 – 1955)

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Eugene Delacroix

What makes men of genius, or rather…

15 Feb , 2011  

What makes men of genius, or rather, what they make, is not new ideas, it is that idea – possessing them – that what has been said has still not been said enough. Great short quote and quotation by: Eugene Delacroix , French Romantic painter (1798 – 1863)

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Joseph Conrad

What makes mankind tragic is not th…

15 Feb , 2011  

What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it. Great short quote and quotation by: Joseph Conrad , English (Polish-Ukrainian-born) novelist (1857 – 1924)

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Andre Agassi

What makes something special is not…

15 Feb , 2011  

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose. Great short quote and quotation by: Andre Agassi, on “Charlie Rose” , US tennis player (1970 – )

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Stanley Kunitz, O Magazine, September 2003

What makes the engine go? Desire, d…

15 Feb , 2011  

What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire. Great short quote and quotation by: Stanley Kunitz, O Magazine, September 2003 ,

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon

What people are ashamed of usually …

15 Feb , 2011  

What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story. Great short quote and quotation by: F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon , US novelist (1896 – 1940)

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Edith Hamilton

When the mind withdraws into itself…

15 Feb , 2011  

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos. Great short quote and quotation by: Edith Hamilton ,

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Charles Franklin Kettering, (1876-1958)

Whenever you look at a piece of wor…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever you look at a piece of work and you think the fellow was crazy, then you want to pay some attention to that. One of you is likely to be, and you had better find out which one it is. It makes an awful lot of difference. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles […]

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Johann Kaspar Lavater

Who makes quick use of the moment i…

15 Feb , 2011  

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Kaspar Lavater ,

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