„The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.“
— Albert Einstein German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity 1879 - 1955
„I consider not what Parmenion should receive, but what Alexander should give.“
On his gifts for the services of others, as quoted in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words That Have A Tale To Tell (1905) by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, p. 30
quoted in Alexander : A History of the Origin and Growth of the Art of War from Earliest Times to the Battle Of Ipsus, B. C. 301 (1899) by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
Variante: It is not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.
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— Warren Farrell author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate 1943
Quelle: Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000), p. 36.
— François de La Rochefoucauld French author of maxims and memoirs 1613 - 1680
Reflections on Various Subjects (1665–1678), I. On Confidence
— Jackson Pollock American artist 1912 - 1956
Quelle: 1950's, Interview by William Wright, Summer 1950, pp. 139-140
— Margaret Thatcher British stateswoman and politician 1925 - 2013
Speech at her adoption meeting as Conservative candidate for Dartford (28 February 1949) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/100821
1940s
„I don't care about that scum! Why should I receive a prize? I know that I'm a genius!“
— Klaus Kinski German actor 1926 - 1991
As quoted by Werner Herzog, in My Best Fiend, (1999)
— Robert G. Ingersoll Union United States Army officer 1833 - 1899
"The Brooklyn Divines." Brooklyn Union (Brooklyn, NY), 1883.
„O lady! we receive but what we give
And in our life alone does Nature live.“
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Dejection: An Ode
St. 4
Dejection: An Ode (1802)
— Ma Huateng Chinese internet entrepreneur 1971
"TC Disrupt Beijing: A Fireside Chat With Tencent CEO Pony Ma" in Techcrunch (31 October 2011) https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/30/tc-disrupt-beijing-a-fireside-chat-with-tencent-ceo-pony-ma/
„No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.“
— Theodore Roosevelt American politician, 26th president of the United States 1858 - 1919
1910s, The New Nationalism (1910)
Kontext: No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned. Every dollar received should represent a dollar's worth of service rendered — not gambling in stocks, but service rendered.
Kontext: No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned. Every dollar received should represent a dollar's worth of service rendered — not gambling in stocks, but service rendered. The really big fortune, the swollen fortune, by the mere fact of its size acquires qualities which differentiate it in kind as well as in degree from what is possessed by men of relatively small means. Therefore, I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and in another tax which is far more easily collected and far more effective — a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, properly safeguarded against evasion and increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate.
„I know what I have given you, I do not know what you have received.“
— Antonio Porchia Italian Argentinian poet 1885 - 1968
Qué te he dado, lo sé. Qué has recibido, no lo sé.
Voces (1943)
— Barry Boehm American software engineer 1935
Quelle: A spiral model of software development and enhancement. (1988), p. 61
— Nicolas Chamfort French writer 1741 - 1794
On dit communément: la plus belle femme du monde ne peut donner que ce qu'elle a; ce qui est très faux: elle donne précisément ce qu'on croit recevoir, puisqu'en ce genre, c'est l'imagination qui fait le prix de ce qu'on reçoit.
Maximes et Pensées, #383
Maxims and Considerations, #383
— Paulo Coelho, buch Manuscript Found in Accra
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Love has always passed me by
— Rudolf Nureyev Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer 1938 - 1993
Quelle: Gervaso, Roberto. La mosca al naso, Rizzoli Editore (1980)
— Govinda Bhagavatpada Indian philosopher advaita vendatna
The Himalayan Masters: A Living Tradition (2002)
