Amos Yee (1998) blogger
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John Brooks (writer) (1920–1993) American writer
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854–1925) British statesman and colonial administrator
Milner as recorded by Percy FitzPatrick, cited in Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa, 2008, Martin Meredith, p. 374.
B.K.S. Iyengar (1918–2014) Indian yoga teacher and scholar
Silvia Prescott, in: "My teacher, Mr Iyengar: a former pupil remembers the yoga master"
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Lecture (December 19, 2007)
Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929) Jewish theologian and philosopher
Inquired of, that is, by men rather than by scholars. There is a man in each scholar, a man who inquires and stands in need of answers. I am anxious to answer the scholar qua man but not the representative of a certain discipline, that insatiable, ever inquisitive phantom which like a vampire drains whom it possesses of his humanity.
in Franz Rosenzweig: His Life and Thought (1961/1998), p. 97
Jayant Narlikar (1938) Indian physicist
Vinodh Ilangovan, K. Manish Sharma, P. Chitra Jayant Narlikar's Cosmology http://news.ncbs.res.in/story/jayant-narlikars-cosmology, NCBS news, 23 January 2010
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) French painter
However, at times I come across works of mine which are soundly done and really in my style, and at such moments I find great solace. But no more of that. Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters?
Quote in a letter, 20 Nov. 1883; as quoted in Painting Outside the lines, Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art, ed. David W. Galenson, Harvard University Press, 30 Jun 2009, p. 84
1880's
Ela Bhatt (1933) founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA)
Ela Bhatt bags Global Initiative Award
Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858–1937) Bengali polymath, physicist, biologist, botanist and archaeologist
After his recognition by the west Rabindranath Tagore wrote to Bose. Quoted in "Science and National Consciousness in Bengal: 1870-1930", pages=107-08
Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866–1915) social and political leader during the Indian Independence Movement
Observations of w:John Morley on Minto-Morley Reforms in India for full fiscal and political autonomy within the empire in Gopala Krishna Gokhale, D. N. Bannerjea (1866-1915), 4 December 2013, Bangla Library http://web.archive.org/web/20131017195504/http://forum.banglalibrary.org/viewtopic.php?id=1398,
Jonathan Haidt (1963) American psychologist
Source: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2005), p. 55.
Thomas Young (scientist) (1773–1829) English polymath
Preface
A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts (1807)
Thomas Young (scientist) (1773–1829) English polymath
Preface
A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts (1807)
Antonella Gambotto-Burke book The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide
Source: The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide (2004), P. 19.
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 14, “The Name of the Wind” (p. 113)
Jon Voight (1938) American actor
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky congratulating Voight on his June 2009 speech at a Republican fundraiser. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aFfk5skijH5s
Alvin M. Weinberg (1915–2006) American nuclear physicist
Two scientific activities are equally valid if they achieve results that are true. Now, how do you decide which activity is more valuable? The question of value is the basic question that the scientific administrator asks so that decisions can be made about funding priorities. <br class="br"> Interview http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev28-1/text/wbgbar.htm by Bill Cabage and Carolyn Krause for the ORNL Review (April 1995).
Javon Ringer (1987) All-American college football player, professional football player, running back
Florida Atlantic head coach Howard Schnellenberger, quoted at Ringer 23.com (undated)
Paul Scholes (1974) English footballer
http://thepeoplesperson.com/2013/11/05/what-made-paul-scholes-so-special-30928/
Gordan Strachan
Idi Amin (1925–2003) third president of Uganda
OG Griffith, 1969 despatch on Amin's promotion to major, released by Public Record Office. Amin hailed as splendid, but not very bright, June 23, 2000, Richard Norton Taylor, The Guardian.
“Anyway…I find what you write interesting.”
Ken MacLeod book Learning the World
“That’s what people usually say when they disagree with it.”
Source: Learning the World (2005), Chapter 7 “Television” (p. 110)
Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) Novelist, short story writer, poet
Emancipation: A Romance of the Times to Come (1971)
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) Indian academic
Your rich people are really Brahmins, and your poor people are Sudras.
Speech at Hannover Square Rooms on the occasion of a Soiree held to bid him farewell on 12th September 1870.
Dov Charney (1969) Canadian-born U.S. based fashion designer/businessman
Spunt, Alexandra (2003). "Mr. No Logo" http://web.archive.org/20030923021858/www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2003/082803/style.html MontrealMirror.com (accessed August 7, 2006)
Steven Gerrard (1980) English footballer
Zinedine Zidane on Steven Gerrard, (23rd of October 2013): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2477801/Zinedine-Zidane-rubbishes-Sir-Alex-Fergusons-Steven-Gerrard-criticism.html
Harry Turtledove (1949) American novelist, short story author, essayist, historian
Source: The Man With the Iron Heart (2008), p. 412
Pierre Hadot (1922–2010) French historian and philosopher
Theology became conscious of its autonomy qua supreme science, which philosophy was emptied of its spiritual exercises, which, from now on, were relegated to Christian mysticism and ethics. Reduced to the rank of a “handmaid of theology,” philosophy’s role was henceforth to furnish theology with conceptual—and hence purely theoretical—material. When, in the modern age, philosophy regained its autonomy, it still retained many features inherited from this medieval conception. In particular, it maintained its purely theoretical character, which even evolved in the direction of a more and more thorough systemization. Not until Nietzsche, Bergson, and existentialism does philosophy consciously return to being a concrete attitude, a way of life and of seeing the world.
trans. Michael Chase (1995), p. 107
La Philosophie comme manière de vivre (2001)
Angelina Jolie book Notes from My Travels
Ruud Lubbers, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador, Foreward (2006)
Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist
Source: 1930s, Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935), p. 322
George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish journalist, novelist
From ‘’Justice’’ in Unspoken Sermons Series III (1889)
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
Professor Dr. Surapon Nitikraipot, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Rector of Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, May 17 2005
About, 2000s
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
James K. Hahn, Mayor of Los Angeles, California, United States of America, January 12, 2005
About, 2000s
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
Dr. Pages, Chief Executive Officer Universal Forum of Cultures, Barcelona, Spain. June 14, 2004
About, 2000s
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
Mr. S. Haribhakti, President of the Indian Merchants Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai, India. February 28, 2004.
About, 2000s
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
Dr. J. Hegde, Sheriff of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, January 2004
About, 2000s
William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
Source: 1890s, The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 4
Joseph Campbell book The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Source: The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), Chapter 1
David Ogilvy (1911–1999) Advertising executive
But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.
Ogilvy on Advertising, p. 47
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Charlotte Brontë, quote in Original Penguin Classics Introduction to Pride and Prejudice. by Taner, Tony (1972). 80 Strand, London, WC2R, England: Penguin Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-141-43951-3.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1850s, Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850), Stump Orator (May 1, 1850)
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Divinity
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1820s, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827–1855)
John Stuart Mill book Autobiography
Source: Autobiography (1873)
Source: https://archive.org/details/autobiography01mill/page/186/mode/1up p. 186
John Stuart Mill book Autobiography
Source: Autobiography (1873)
Source: https://archive.org/details/autobiography01mill/page/46/mode/1up p. 46
Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CIV: On Care of Health and Peace of Mind
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1960s, Address to Cornell College (1962)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1960s, Address to Cornell College (1962)
Samuel Johnson book A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
p. 8. https://books.google.com/books?id=-6JfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA8 <br class="br">A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775)
Leslie Lamport (1941) American computer scientist
As quoted in [Nathan, David E., Computer scientist Leslie Lamport to grads: If you can’t write, it won’t compute, https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2017/may/commencement-lamport.html, Brandeis University, 17 January 2020, May 21, 2017]
Janis Joplin (1943–1970) American singer and songwriter
"Work Me, Lord", from her album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969) was written by her bandmate Nick Gravenites, whom she credits at the start of her famous performance of the song at the Woodstock Music Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsDFbwMCTKY, as well as others, such as a live performance in Stockholm (1969) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-irXmqIzGA <br class="br">Misattributed
Will Durant (1885–1981) American historian, philosopher and writer
Source: Fallen Leaves (2014), Ch. 3 : On Middle Age
“Children and fools speak the truth; and somehow they find happiness in their sincerity.”
Will Durant (1885–1981) American historian, philosopher and writer
Source: Fallen Leaves (2014), Ch. 1 : Our life begins
John Stuart Mill book Autobiography
Source: Autobiography (1873)
https://archive.org/details/autobiography01mill/page/34/mode/1up p. 34
Jens Stoltenberg (1959) Norwegian politician, 13th Secretary-General of NATO, 27th Prime Minister of Norway
As quoted in "Man må tro at det nytter" http://www.bt.no/nyheter/--Man-ma-tro-at-det-nytter-2633333.html (31 December 2011), by Erik Fossen and Håvard Bjelland, BT (in Norwegian) <br class="br">2010s
Doris Veillette (1935–2019) Quebec journalist
Chronicle "Interdit aux hommes" (Forbidden to men), by Doris Veillette-Hamel, Journal Le Nouvelliste, March 24, 1973, page 17.
Chronicle "Forbidden to men", 1973
Steve Jobs (1955–2011) American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.
It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
2000s, Address at Stanford University (2005)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Source: Letters and Papers from Prison (1967; 1997), Are we still of any use?, p. 16
Simone de Beauvoir book The Second Sex
Bk. 2, part 5, Ch. 1: The Married Woman, p. 506
The Second Sex (1949)
Johannes Kepler book Mysterium Cosmographicum
As translated and quoted in John Freely, Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe (2012), in chapter 58, at an unspecified page.
Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596), Astronomia nova (1609)
Mubarak Ali (1941) Historian, activist, scholar
Dimensions of History, Chapter: Challenge and response, p. 56
History, What History Tells Us, Dimensions of History
Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general
Quoted by Lawrence Wilkerson in Breaking Ranks Larry Wilkerson Attacked the Iraq War. In the Process, He Lost the Friendship of Colin Powell. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/01/19/breaking-ranks-span-classbankheadlarry-wilkerson-attacked-the-iraq-war-in-the-process-he-lost-the-friendship-of-colin-powellspan/d1f359c6-93a0-41c1-beee-2284d6284d47/ Washington Post, by Richard Lei (19 January 2006) <br class="br">2000s
Steven Crowder (1987) American actor
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-does-hollywood-hate-to-save-a-life
“Those with power would always find some way to exert it over those who didn’t.”
N. K. Jemisin book The Kingdom of Gods
Source: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 19 (p. 494)
Neil Gaiman book The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Source: The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013), Chapter 6 (p. 74)
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984) a member of the British royal family
Source: [BBC NEWS UK 'I am who I am', http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4248234.stm, 2013-07-06, http://archive.today/DUpMy, 2013-07-06]
Michel Henry (1922–2002) French writer
Books on Culture and Barbarism, Seeing the Invisible: On Kandinsky (1988)
Source: Michel Henry, Seeing the invisible: On Kandinsky, Continuum, 2009, p. 72
Michel Henry (1922–2002) French writer
Michel Henry, Marx II. une philosophie de l’économie, éd. Gallimard, coll. « Nrf », 1976, p. 435
Books on Economy and Politics, Marx. A Philosophy of Human Being (1976)
Original: (fr) Comment le capital trouve sa substance et son essence dans le travail vivant, de telle manière qu’il provient exclusivement de lui, ne peut se passer de lui, ne vit que pour autant qu’il puise à chaque instant sa vie dans celle du travailleur, vie qui devient ainsi la sienne, c’est ce qu’exprime à travers toute l’œuvre de Marx le thème du vampire. « Le capital est du travail mort qui, semblable au vampire, ne s’anime qu’en suçant le travail vivant et sa vie est d’autant plus allègre qu’il en pompe davantage ».
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Source: Discipleship (1937), Revenge, p. 141
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
p 43
Costly Grace (1937)
Will Gompertz (1965) British journalist
But somehow they manage to summon up enough self-belief to overcome the self-doubt, which enables them to back their creativity. The Beatles were just a bunch of young lads with time on their hands who found the confidence to persuade themselves and then the world that they were musicians.
Think Like an Artist (2015)