Shoulders Quote by Desiderius Erasmus Download Open image “Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.” — Desiderius Erasmus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Shoulders Young
Everyone wants a prodigy to fail; it makes our mediocrity more bearable. — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
In the career of a prodigy there invariably comes a time when it is compelled to relinquish being very clever for a child, and… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it. — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are. — Luciano Pavarotti Copy Share Image
That word 'prodigy' has such a derogatory implication. It is used to describe people who are forced to play a lot of concerts very… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
A prodigy to me is someone that is enormously gifted at a young age - to the point that people can't deny it. I… — Jamal Crawford Copy Share Image
“Everyone loves a prodigy [...]. Prodigies get us off the hook for living ordinary lives. We can tell ourselves we're not special because we… — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
The prodigy who fades is an old story. But the prodigy who sets a high mark when young and then hits that mark, or… — John Baird Copy Share Image
There are lots of different interpretations of the word 'prodigy.' My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children.… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
The word "prodigy" was thrown around a lot, but I didn't understand what that meant, or the weight of it. It didn't really mean… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities. — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic. — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine,… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Christians would show sense if they dispatched these argumentative Scotists and pigheaded Ockhamists and undefeated Albertists along with the whole regiment of Sophists to… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
From hence, no question, has sprung an observation ... confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long experienced souls in the world, before… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Nothing is so foolish, they say, as for a man to stand for office and woo the crowd to win its vote, buy its… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
His fingertips slid down from my face, lightly stroking the line of my neck, down toward my shoulder. Everywhere he touched, a trail of… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around,… — Banks Copy Share Image
He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her full on the mouth. His skin was wet with rain. When she didn't pull… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
You can wait forever for the muse to sit on your shoulder, but most of the time you know what has to be done… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
'I am insecure' means: I can't cope on my own. The odds are overwhelming. I can't resist them on my own. I need us… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
You should climb around inside my brain, Dan. It's like this dark room surrounded by quicksand." "I know what you mean," her brother said… — Peter Lerangis Copy Share Image
Letters crossing in the post, unfamiliar tunes heard three times in one day, the way that blows of fate descend upon the same bowed… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
Yelena.” I halted in the doorway, looking back over my shoulder. “You once said I wasn’t ready to believe your reason for killing Reyad.… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
Instead of finding himself in nerd heaven—where every nerd gets fifty-eight virgins to role-play with—he woke up in Robert Wood Johnson with two broken… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
But I think this: that whatever prices I've paid, whatever sorrows I shoulder, well, I have blessings, too. Not just my family now, but… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
'You spin in the sky, the world spins under you, and you step from land to land, while we . . .' She turned… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
