Autodidactic Polymath Quotes

#1. His mother was a good and fearful Lutheran, who gave away both time and money, visiting hospitals for the poor, organising bazaars and clothing collections. But she ate from Meissen porcelain with silver spoons. There were hideous inconsistencies.

A.S. Byatt

#2. Stealing music is not right, and I can understand people being very upset about their intellectual property being stolen.

Steve Jobs

#3. You will not look at me," she heard him say to the valets. "You will see only her." A silence. Then, "And you will not look at her breasts.

Karen Marie Moning

#4. Every time truth comes we hate it, because it's coming against our ego. Are you going to let the ego come between you and this person you love?

Lauryn Hill

#5. When you start off acting, it does seem very romantic, and the make-believe part of it all seems very exciting. It's only later that you begin to realize how fascinating the work is - that it's a bottomless pit, and you never get to the end of it.

Sada Thompson

#6. Then Martine said: "So yuo will be poor now all your life, Babette?"
Poor?" said Babette. She smiled as if to herself. "No, I shall never be poor. I told you that I am a great artist. A great artist, Mesdames, is never poor.We have something, Mesdames, of which other people know nothing.

Karen Blixen

#7. Our attitude toward cash generation and asset management came out of our own thought process. After we acquired a number of businesses we reflected on aspects of business. Our own conclusion was that the key was cash flow.

Henry Earl Singleton

#8. We are Christians because we find our identity, life, and purpose in Christ. We are evangelical because we believe the gospel and esteem it as the great central truth of God's revelation to men.

Paul Washer

#9. After you have the basics down it's all mental.

Ken Venturi