Who Quotes
- Page 41Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
Niccolo Machiavelli
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
Harold Wilson
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Douglas Adams
A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.
Sigmund Freud
I just gravitate to movies where the mystery is the character himself. Any time you see a trailer of something where somebody is questioning 'Who am I?' I'm hooked.
Len Wiseman
The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
Henry David Thoreau
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.
Aldous Huxley
You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
Susan B. Anthony
In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar Wilde
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Immanuel Kant
A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
Samuel Butler
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
Walt Whitman
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
Aristotle
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Buddha
What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!
Jamie Oliver
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.
Leonard Bernstein
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides?
Jerry Brown