Laurels Quotes
104 Laurels quotes by 92 unique authors
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Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much sense…
— Steven Pinker
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But I think the one thing that I can say about us is that we're very consistent about certain things and part of that is…
— Michael Stipe
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Laurel crowns cleave to deserts And power to him who power exerts; Hast not thy share? On winged feet, Lo! it rushes thee to meet;…
— Marsilio Ficino
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You wonder how they do it and you look to see the knack You watch the foot in action, or the shoulder or the back,…
— Grantland Rice
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It is wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log-hut on the frontier. You would think they found it under a pine-stump. With it…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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People who have known a person for many days but could never spot or appreciate his hidden talent in the first place, are likely to…
— Unknown Author
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As entrepreneurs, we must continue to ask ourselves 'What's next?' It takes humility to realize that we don't know everything, not to rest on our…
— Cher Wang
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The world likes humor, but it treats it patronizingly. It decorates its serious artists with laurel, and its wags with Brussels sprouts.
— Elwyn Brooks White
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Behold then Septimus Dodge returning to Dodge-town victorious. Not crowned with laurel, it is true, but wreathed in lists of things he has seen and…
— D. H. Lawrence
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When I was a kid, I used to watch 'Laurel and Hardy' with my cousins all the time. I still think they're extremely funny and…
— David Chase
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Before 'Wings' came out, I told a few people that at the end of book one, readers should think Laurel made the right choice. Then,…
— Aprilynne Pike
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You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
— Kate Walsh
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I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and…
— Bryan Adams
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With racing, you never rest on your laurels, and there are no counterfeits.
— Julie Krone
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You win the lasting laurels with your laughter.
— Joni Mitchell
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It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done…
— David Cassidy
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I consider myself lucky that Sheila Johnson, the cofounder of Black Entertainment Television, didn't choose to rest on her very impressive business laurels. Her luscious…
— Gayle King
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The compelling thing about making art—or making anything, I suppose—is the moment when the vaporous, insubstantial idea becomes a solid there, a thing, a substance…
— Audrey Niffenegger
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The rugged trees are mingling Their flowery sprays in love; The ivy climbs the laurel To clasp the boughs above.
— William C. Bryant
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Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Who Wrote These Laurels Quotes
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