Famous People Study Guide
1. Famous People: 2. "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." a. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) 3. "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." b. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) 4. "Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." c. Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956) 5. "Don't be so humble - you are not that great." d. Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat 6. "His ignorance is encyclopedic" e. Abba Eban (1915-2002) 7. "If a man does his best, what else is there?" f. General George S. Patton (1885-1945) 8. "Political correctness is tyranny with manners." g. Charlton Heston (1924-) 9. "You can avoid reality, but you cannot
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"Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down." �. Jimmy Durante 90. "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." �. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) 91. "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." �. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953 92. "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." �. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 93. "Basically, I no longer work for anything but the sensation I have while working." �. Albert Giacometti (sculptor) 94. "There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet." �. Randy Pausch (1960-2008) 95. "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." �. Carl Sagan (1934-1996) 96. "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." �. Arthur Schopenhauer …show more content…
"I have an existential map; it has 'you are here' written all over it." . Steven Wright 193. "Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour." . Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) 194. "Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure." . Oliver Herford (1863-1935) 195. "I have read your book and much like it." !. Moses Hadas (1900-1966) 196. "The covers of this book are too far apart." ". Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) 197. "Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them." #. Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) 198. "Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end." $. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) 199. "Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." %. Voltaire (1694-1778) 200. "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before." &. Mae West (1892-1980) 201. "I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to." '. Elvis Presley (1935-1977) 202. "No Sane man will dance." (. Cicero (106-43 B.C.) 203. "Hell is a half-filled auditorium." ). Robert Frost
"Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down." �. Jimmy Durante 90. "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." �. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) 91. "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." �. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953 92. "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." �. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 93. "Basically, I no longer work for anything but the sensation I have while working." �. Albert Giacometti (sculptor) 94. "There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet." �. Randy Pausch (1960-2008) 95. "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." �. Carl Sagan (1934-1996) 96. "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." �. Arthur Schopenhauer …show more content…
"I have an existential map; it has 'you are here' written all over it." . Steven Wright 193. "Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour." . Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) 194. "Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure." . Oliver Herford (1863-1935) 195. "I have read your book and much like it." !. Moses Hadas (1900-1966) 196. "The covers of this book are too far apart." ". Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) 197. "Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them." #. Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) 198. "Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end." $. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) 199. "Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." %. Voltaire (1694-1778) 200. "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before." &. Mae West (1892-1980) 201. "I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to." '. Elvis Presley (1935-1977) 202. "No Sane man will dance." (. Cicero (106-43 B.C.) 203. "Hell is a half-filled auditorium." ). Robert Frost