James H. Douglas, Jr. Quotes

I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street.

James H. Douglas, Jr.

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• It's healthy to have interests besides books.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Books
  • Healthy
  • Besides

• That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Want
  • Me
  • Play

• It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.

  

  Kate Adie
  • Up
  • Danger
  • Protection

• Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.

  

  Harald zur Hausen
  • World
  • Family
  • War

• I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.

  

  Zoe Wanamaker
  • Music
  • Art
  • Reading

• I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.

  

  Nash Grier
  • Children
  • Way
  • Brother

• Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Changes
  • Emotions
  • Colors

• There is nothing wrong with a woman encouraging a man's advances, as long as they are in cash.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Long
  • Man
  • Woman

• No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • People
  • Good
  • Music

• There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we remain dependent on imports. All reform moves are resisted. Bureaucrats are hesitant to take bold decisions.

  

  Veerappa Moily
  • People
  • Energy
  • Decisions

• Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Knowledge
  • Day
  • Practice

• I am not a fashionista, and I don't dress up. Usually if I'm at home, where I am now, I'm wearing a robe.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Home
  • Dress
  • Robe

• Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • World
  • Good
  • You

• Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilised-the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Live
  • Dirty

• There is in this world no real delight (excepting those of sensuality), but exchange of ideas in conversation.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • World
  • Real

• Another Visitor: How did you manage, Monsieur Degas, when you painted that plein air called 'Le Plage', the one Monsieur Rouart has? Degas: It was quite simple. I spread my flannel vest on the floor of the studio, and had the model sit on it. You see, the air you breathe in a picture is not necessarily the same as the air out of doors.

  

  Edgar Degas
  • Simple
  • Air
  • Picture

• God cannot be compared to anything. Note this.

  

  Maimonides
  • God

• People seen by the mind are exactly different to things seen by the eye. They grow smaller and smaller as you come nearer down to them, whereas things become bigger.

  

  Anthony Trollope
  • People
  • Different
  • Mind

• The Millennials, a generation born digital, will have a much stronger impact on social behaviour than we currently assume. Global climate change and resource security will influence our lives in substantial ways.

  

  Klaus Schwab

• Hey, I know it's Monday, but it's also a new day, a new week and in that lies a new opportunity for something special to happen.

  

  Michael Ealy
  • Opportunity
  • inspirational
  • Lying

• The French view is really one of balance, I think... What French women would tell me over and over is, it's very important that no part of your life - not being a mom, not being a worker, not being a wife - overwhelms the other part.

  

  Pamela Druckerman
  • Life
  • Important
  • Women

• The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.

  

  Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Good
  • Together
  • Shopping

• I should think it extremely improbable that anyone ever wrote for money. Naturally, when he has written something, he wants to get as much for it as he can, but that is a very different thing from writing for money.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • Different
  • Writing
  • Money

• I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street.

  

  James H. Douglas, Jr.