I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that … - Tim Blake Nelson

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

I love street, adore street. Life is about mixing things and to be divine in the streets. Voila!

Tim Blake Nelson

I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning Roman and Greek history and philosophy and ancient civilizations.

Civilization, Civilizations, Classics, Education, Latin, Philosophy

Same Author Quotes

Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

Comedy, Drama, Surprising, True

Really, life is full of contradictions. Life is messy.

Contradiction, Contradictions, Full, Life Is, Messy

I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist.

Artist, Imitative, Probably, Recording, Singers, Way

We approach life not just to be able to think about it and talk about it and discover its truths, but also to enjoy it. And so a healthy life really isn't about abstinence or asceticism, it's about enjoying your time on this earth.

Earth, Enjoy, Healthy, Life, Thinking

I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life.

Anti Semitism, Encountered, Northeast, Oklahoma, Part

Similar Quotes

Sue Monk Kidd

Actually, you can be bad at something. . . but if you love doing it, that will be enough. - August Boatwright

Actually, August, Bad, Boatwright, Enough, Ifs

Polly Allen Mellen

I love street, adore street. Life is about mixing things and to be divine in the streets. Voila!

Adore, Divine, Life, Life Is, Mixing, Street

Ravi Zacharias

Time isn't just a fleeting thing. It never moves forward without engraving its mark upon the heart.

Engraving, Fleeting, Heart, Moves, Moving, Time

David McCullough

The more Adams thought about the future of his country, the more convinced he became that it rested on education. Before any great things are accomplished, he wrote to a correspondent, a memorable change must be made in the system of education and knowledge must become so general as to raise the lower ranks of society nearer to the higher. The education of a nation instead of being confined to a few schools and universities for the instruction of the few, must become the national care and expense for the formation of the many.

Accomplished, Convinced, Country, Formation, Memorable, School

Bill McKibben

If we were built, what were we built for?. . . Why do we have this amazing collection of sinews, senses, and sensibilities? Were we really designed in order to recline on the couch, extending our wrists perpendicular to the floor so we can flick through the television's offerings? Were we really designed in order to shop some more so the economy can grow some more? Or were we designed to experience the great epiphanies that come from contact with each other and with the natural world?

Offering, Order, Television, Contact, Floor, Wrists