Philanthropist Quotes

Classic art was like a king who has the right to govern, punish, reward, and choose his favorites from an aristocracy, obliging them to adopt conventional rules as to manners, morals, and modes of speech. The new art tries to imitate nature in its unconsciousness, its moral indifference.

Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé

There can be no reason why man should not make towns liveable and healthy... just as much subject to the beneficent influence of bright sunshine, fresh air, flowers, and plants, as the country.

Lord Leverhulme

On seeing the Morris Minor (British car) prototype:

It looks like a poached egg—we can't make that.

William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield

The worst sin, the ultimate sin for me, in anything, is to be bored.

If the influence of luck is a delusion, then all I can say is that the delusion is virtually universal.

Probably the greatest single obstacle to the progress and happiness of the American people lies in the willingness of so many men to invest their time and money in multiplying competitive industries instead of opening up new fields, and putting their money into lines of industry and development that are needed.

John D. Rockefeller

I approach my work with a passionate intensity, acting as if its success depends entirely on me. "But once I've done my best, I try to let go as much as possible and have no expectations about how my work will be received by the world."

Sarah Ban Breathnach

This is a town that doesn't just want you to fail, it wants you to die.

Business is globalizing so fast that it has led to the often quoted 'clash of civilizations'. People simply have not had time to get to know and understand people of other cultures sufficiently to live and work in harmony.