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The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their early civilization. They have for the most part abandoned the hunter state and turned their attention to agricultural pursuits.
by Martin Van Buren (President, American , born in 1782) keywords: abandoned, agricultural, apart, attention, civilization, condition, country, early, encourages, highly, hope, hunter, most, occupy, part, prosperous, pursuits, set, state, their, them, tribes, turned, west , which Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
by Albert Einstein (Physicist, German , born in 1879) keywords: after, age, any, brain, certain, creative, falls, habits, his, into, lazy, little, man, mind, much, own, pursuits, reading, reads, thinking, too , uses It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Novelist, American , born in 1804) keywords: abilities, appreciate, brought, care, companionship, contributes, go, greatly, habits, health, himself, his, individuals, intellectual, into, little, man, moral, must, out, pursuits, sphere, towards, unlike , whose The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.
by Andrew Jackson (President, American , born in 1767) keywords: branches, business, capital, commerce, credit, duty, exclusive, government, granting, leave, legal, none, other, own, privileges, protecting, pursuits, their , well A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
by Thomas Jefferson (President, American , born in 1743) keywords: bread, earned, free, frugal, good, government, improvement, industry, labor, leave, men, mouth, own, pursuits, regulate, shall, sum, take, their, which , wise Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
by Thomas Jefferson (President, American , born in 1743) keywords: always, chance, condition, conscience, depend, does, freedom, good, greatest, happiness, health, just, life, occupation, our, placed, pursuits, result, us , which From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group of men of high ability, enthusiastic and completely devoted to scientific pursuits.
by Ernest Lawrence (Scientist, American , born in 1901) keywords: ability, beginning, being, center, completely, devoted, enthusiastic, fortune, good, group, had, high, laboratory, men, pursuits, radiation, rare , scientific I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
by John Locke (Philosopher, English , born in 1632) keywords: ashamed, ask, attribute, been, conversing, descriptions, form, having, information, know, little, men, own, peculiar, professions, pursuits, rule, their, those , topics I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established.
by John A. Logan (Soldier, American , born in 1826) keywords: become, die, entered, established, expect, fact, field, government, need, never, object, peaceful, preservation, pursuits, return, until , war Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
by Plato (Philosopher , Greek) keywords: absurd, being, country, following, half, instead, men, mind, more, nothing, our, practice, prevails, pursuits, reduced, same, state, strengths, than, their, thus, whole , women All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.
by Samuel Richardson (Novelist, English , born in 1689) keywords: childhood, different, manhood, only, our, proportioned, pursuits, sizes, sorts, trifles, views , years Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in.
by Frederick Sanger (Scientist, English , born in 1918) keywords: art, broadest, contribution, engaged, enrichment, human, improvement, life, make, permanent, possible, pursuits, science, senses, students, their, these, through , towards When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and of beauty and I believe that Alfred Nobel must have felt much the same when he gave these prizes for literature and the sciences.
by Frederick Sanger (Scientist, English , born in 1918) keywords: alfred, beauty, believe, father, felt, gave, life, literature, most, much, must, nobel, prizes, pursuit, pursuits, same, sciences, tell, these, truth, two, used, were, worthwhile , young The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.
by Lytton Strachey (Critic, English , born in 1880) keywords: action, aristocracy, background, chivalry, civilization, exalted, faded, interests, intimate, into, old, passions, peace, place, pursuits, refined, romance, taken, their , war I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
by Igor Stravinsky (Composer, Russian , born in 1882) keywords: assumptions, chiefly, composer, exposure, false, knowledge, learned, life, mistakes, pursuits, through, throughout , wisdom There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.
by Henry David Thoreau (Author, American , born in 1817) keywords: bees, certain, finer, instance, keeping, know, least, nature, nobler, poetic, pursuits, relation, suggest, than, true, which , wholly It is rather hard to be accused of shiftlessness and idleness when the accuser closes the avenue of labour and industrial pursuits to us.
by George H. White (Politician, American , born in 1852) keywords: accused, accuser, avenue, closes, hard, idleness, industrial, labour, pursuits, rather , us Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense.
by Mary Wollstonecraft (Writer, British , born in 1759) keywords: away, become, cares, employment, feelings, little, mind, naturally, objects, only, organs, pursuits, round, seldom, sense, silence, strength, sufficient, their, vain , women
