“I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.”
George Burns (1896–1996) American comedian, actor, and writer
Martin Svoboda
Autore verificato @quick, membro dal 04 Aprile 2011“Happiness is having a loving, close knit family in another city.”
George Burns (1896–1996) American comedian, actor, and writer
As quoted in The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners (2004) by Geoff Tibballs, p. 251
„Fanatismus spočívá v tom, že člověk zdvojnásobí své úsilí když zapomněl svůj cíl.“
George Santayana (1863–1952) 20. století španělsko-americký filozof zabývající se pragmatismem
The life of reason I.
„Člověk není stvořen k tomu, aby život chápal, ale aby jej žil.“
George Santayana (1863–1952) 20. století španělsko-americký filozof zabývající se pragmatismem
“Belief in the unreal can comfort the human mind, but it also weakens it.”
Aaron Guzikowski serie tv Raised by Wolves
Raised by Wolves, season 1, episode 1. Mother.
“Why do things have to die? It is nature. And nature is flawed.”
Aaron Guzikowski serie tv Raised by Wolves
Raised by Wolves, season 1, episode 4. Character Mother.
“Children often ask for things they do not really want.”
Aaron Guzikowski serie tv Raised by Wolves
Raised by Wolves, season 1, episode 4. Character Mother.
„Charakteristickým znakem člověka je ruka – nástroj, kterým člověk páchá všechna příkoří.“
George Orwell libro La fattoria degli animali
Contesto: Ptačí křídla máte pro pohyb, nikoli k práci. Proto jsou považována za nohy. Charakteristickým znakem člověka je ruka – nástroj, kterým člověk páchá všechna příkoří.
„Vyměnil bych všechny své technologie za odpoledne se Sokratem.“
Steve Jobs (1955–2011) americký podnikatel a zakladatel společnosti Apple Inc.
„Maličkosti dělají dokonalost, ale dokonalost není maličkost.“
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) italský sochař, malíř, architekt a básník
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
Variante: When fate hands you lemons, make lemonade.
“Two men looked out from prison bars,
One saw the mud, the other saw stars.”
Dale Carnegie libro How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Origine: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
“Success is getting what you want..
Happiness is wanting what you get.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
Variante: Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
“Even god doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People
Origine: How to Win Friends and Influence People
“I have not told half of what I saw.”
Marco Polo (1254–1324) Venetian explorer and merchant noted for travel to central and eastern Asia
Non ho scritto neppure la metà delle cose che ho visto.
On his death-bed, when urged to retract "some of the seemingly incredible statements he made in his book", as quoted in The travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian (J. M. Dent, 1926), p. xxiv. Quote in Italian from Imago mundi seu Chronica (c. 1330) by Jacopo d'Acqui, as reported in the bibliographic note to Marco Polo: Storia del mercante che capì la Cina (2009) by Vito Bianchi.
Kateřina Šimáčková (1966) česká soudkyně Nejvyššího správního soudu ČR a ústavní soudkyně
Origine: https://www.respekt.cz/tydenik/2020/31/soudkyne-pribehu