"I don't believe a committee can write a……" — Arnold J. Toynbee

"I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country, perhaps, but I don't believe it can write a book."

— Arnold J. Toynbee

Believe Quotes Book Quotes Committee Quotes Country Quotes Country Perhaps Quotes Govern Quotes Oh Quotes Perhaps Quotes Write Quotes Writing Quotes

43 Quotes by Arnold J. Toynbee

Arnold J. Toynbee has 43 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait…
We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in…
The world's greatest need . . . is mutual confidence. No human being ever knows all the secrets of another's…
History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the…
Anxiety and conscience are a powerful pair of dynamos. Between them, they have ensured that I shall work hard, but…
The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot…
It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending…
Of the twenty or so civilizations known to modern Western historians, all except our own appear to be dead or…
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm.
Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and…
Love's way of dealing with us is different from conscience's way. Conscience commands; love inspires. What we do out of…
Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in…

See all 43 quotes by Arnold J. Toynbee »

More Believe Quotes

This quote is filed under Believe Quotes, one of 25,075 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came… — Hannah Arendt
I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able… — Alexis Arguello
I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's… — Julian Assange
I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and… — Paul Auster
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause… — Mahmoud Abbas
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. — Richard Bach
The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what… — Billie Joe Armstrong
I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running… — Neil Armstrong
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as… — Mary Kay Ash
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov

See all 25,075 Believe Quotes »