- John Ruskin
(02/08/1819 – 01/20/1900)
English critic
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"We can make mayors and officers every year,
but not scholars."
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"Beethoven
always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and
there an also dropped hammer."
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"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world but I am sure we would be getting reports from hell before breakfast."
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"Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other
men will be able to achieve."
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| "There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water." |
"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great
language."
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"The evolution of the capitalist style of life
could be easily—and perhaps most tellingly—described in terms
of the genesis of the modern Lounge Suit."
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"I take the view, and always have, that if you
cannot say what you are going to say in twenty minutes you ought to go away
and write a book about it."
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"When a woman behaves like a man, why doesn't
she behave like a nice man?"
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"Marriage isn't a word... it's a sentence."
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| "The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster." |
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"I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I
am so sick, of me being gullible."
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| "I won't quit acting until I get run over by a truck, a producer, or a critic." |  |
| "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." |  |
"I think we're glazing eyes all across America."
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"She's a ball-buster. Protect me from her."
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| "There are two kinds of people in this world: Michael Jackson fans and losers." |  |
| Born 02/07 | Born 02/08 | Born 02/09 | Birth Dates | |
| Died 02/07 | Died 02/08 | Died 02/09 | Death Dates |