Quotes | Most Inspiring and Motivational Quotes

"There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience."

"There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience."

Anatole Broyard, American Critic

Time, Children, Nothing, Obedience

42

"The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable."

"The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable."

Anatole Broyard, American Critic

Reading, Talking

46

"Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth."

"Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth."

Anatole Broyard, American Critic

Aphorisms,

63

"Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city."

"Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city."

Anatole Broyard, American Critic

Art, Rome, Service

59

"People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work."

"People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work."

Anatole Broyard, American Critic

Friendship, Work, People, Idea, Friends

42

"Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words."

"Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words."

Anatole Broyard, American Critic

Poetry, Words

50

"The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self."

"The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self."

Anatole Broyard, American Critic

Life, Debate, Self, Tension

44

"Gone are the days when reality fed the feminist movement."

"Gone are the days when reality fed the feminist movement."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Reality,

33

"Yes, we have the freedom to do what we please, but it only works because we don't do everything we might please - we should exercise some degree of personal, and corporate, responsibility."

"Yes, we have the freedom to do what we please, but it only works because we don't do everything we might please - we should exercise some degree of personal, and corporate, responsibility."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Responsibility, Corporate, Exercise, Freedom

27

"When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to death."

"When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to death."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Death, Health, People, Americans

27

"Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes."

"Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

People, Forget, Judges, Lawyers

26

"Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win."

"Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Justice, Trials, Will

26

"The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence."

"The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Values, Absence, Culture, Question

27

"The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is the most effective way to manipulate you and your children into their abyss."

"The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is the most effective way to manipulate you and your children into their abyss."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Family, Children

22

"Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status."

"Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Society, Progress

25

"One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us."

"One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Man, Men, Failure, Problems

26

"From the subtle to the extreme, our culture and our values are under unrelenting attack from the media."

"From the subtle to the extreme, our culture and our values are under unrelenting attack from the media."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Values, Culture, Extreme, Media

25

"For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband."

"For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Woman, Women, Brother, Husband, Welfare

27

"For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough."

"For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Death, Civilrights, Gay, Wrong

28

"Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action, and other patronizing measures."

"Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action, and other patronizing measures."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Action, Culture, Will

24

"Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free."

"Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Power,

25

"One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete."

"One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete."

Tammy Bruce, American Author

Man, Men, Women, Idea, Goals

24

"Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference."

"Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference."

Inge de Bruijn, Dutch Athlete

People, Difference, World

29

"Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well."

"Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well."

Inge de Bruijn, Dutch Athlete

Work, People, Idea, Countries

35

"I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing."

"I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing."

Inge de Bruijn, Dutch Athlete

Work, Hardwork, Training, World

32

"And I mean I never doubt anybody's record."

"And I mean I never doubt anybody's record."

Inge de Bruijn, Dutch Athlete

Doubt,

27

"I love to smile."

Inge de Bruijn, Dutch Athlete

Love, Smile

38

"I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format."

"I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Want,

44

"When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!"

"When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!"

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Childhood, Jokes

61

"Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books."

"Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Thought, Books, Children, Day

46

"Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl."

"Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Beginning, Right

86

"Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published."

"Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Time, Father, Books, Chance

199

"Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented."

"Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Parenting, Beach, Sleep

44

"Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time."

"Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Time, Books

48

"I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh."

"I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Thought,

45

"I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it."

"I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Work, Thought

49

"I have been drawing all my life."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Life,

47

"I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was."

"I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Creativity, Idea, Books, Shakespeare

43

"I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist."

"I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Business, Family, People, Idea

50

"Each book first begins with a little idea."

"Each book first begins with a little idea."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Creativity, Idea, First

55

"But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me."

"But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Nothing, Publishing

38

"But I don't sit down and think: this is meant for children."

"But I don't sit down and think: this is meant for children."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Family, Children

39

"My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!"

"My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!"

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Family, Father, End

60

"The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation."

"The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation."

Avery Brundage, American Athlete

Education, Life, Goal, Amusement

61

"The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people."

"The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people."

Avery Brundage, American Athlete

Education, Sports, People, End

39

"As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work."

"As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work."

Avery Brundage, American Athlete

Money, Work

28

"For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art."

"For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art."

Avery Brundage, American Athlete

Art, Games, World

31

"Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music."

"Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music."

Avery Brundage, American Athlete

Music, Science

44

"Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment."

"Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment."

Avery Brundage, American Athlete

Sports, Entertainment

34

"Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour."

"Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour."

Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian Politician

Health, Action, Control, Media

All Quotes Collection

"There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience."

42

"The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable."

46

"Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth."

63

"Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city."

59

"People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work."

42

"Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words."

50

"The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self."

44

"Gone are the days when reality fed the feminist movement."

33

"Yes, we have the freedom to do what we please, but it only works because we don't do everything we might please - we should exercise some degree of personal, and corporate, responsibility."

27

"When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to death."

27

"Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes."

26

"Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win."

26

"The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence."

27

"The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is the most effective way to manipulate you and your children into their abyss."

22

"Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status."

25

"One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us."

26

"From the subtle to the extreme, our culture and our values are under unrelenting attack from the media."

25

"For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband."

27

"For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough."

28

"Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action, and other patronizing measures."

24

"Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free."

25

"One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete."

24

"Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference."

29

"Yeah, that's what kind of, we get the idea a little bit yeah, because other people from different countries also try as hard as they can to get a medal or a gold medal in the Olympic Games. And you know, if they can work hard, we can work hard as well."

35

"I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing."

32

"And I mean I never doubt anybody's record."

27

"I love to smile."

38

"I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format."

44

"When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!"

61

"Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books."

46

"Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl."

86

"Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published."

199

"Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented."

44

"Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time."

48

"I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh."

45

"I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it."

49

"I have been drawing all my life."

47

"I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was."

43

"I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist."

50

"Each book first begins with a little idea."