Studious Quotes · Page 2

Men ignorant of letters, studious for their bellies, and ignominiously lazy.

— George Sandys

Learn diligence before speedy execution.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.

— Jean de La Fontaine

But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars…

— John Milton

I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.

— Thomas Jefferson

There is a slight tomboyish side to me. But I was studious, and I did not bunk classes!

— Kriti Sanon

Too many men slip early out of the habit of studious reading, and yet that is essential.

— William Osler

I'm just being myself. I'm not a very complex guy; I'm not a very studious, crazy intellectual guy. I'm just a guy.

— Mac DeMarco

His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools…

— Joris-Karl Huysmans

It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of…

— Samuel Johnson

And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.

— John Milton

As much pains were taken to make me idle as were ever taken to make me studious.

— William Wilberforce

My father came from an intellectual and studious avenue as opposed to a brawler's avenue. So I had to go further afield…

— Tom Hardy

Colleges seem to want candidates that are so well-rounded they'd have to be two different people use together with mutually exclusive characteristics!…

— Rebecca Goldstein

So [Donald ] Trump gave a speech on national security and military affairs to a military-themed audience in Philadelphia, and there was…

— Rush Limbaugh

Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.

— Ambrose Philips

I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the…

— Gene Simmons

I was always very studious and intelligent.

— Divya Khosla Kumar

Private courts, Gloomy as coffins, and unsightly lanes Thrilled by some female vendor's scream, belike The very shrillest of all London cries,…

— William Wordsworth

Winter is the time for study, you know, and the colder it is the more studious we are.

— Henry David Thoreau

Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things…

— Michel de Montaigne

I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and…

— Kevin Spacey

“I do not consider my deeds or my knowledge to be a great thing. The only fact is — and I can…

— Christine de Pizan

You know, people tend to get stereotyped for about forty percent of their behavior, so if you're completely crazy forty percent of…

— Irvine Welsh