James Russell Lowell Quotes

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

James Russell Lowell

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• Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.

  

  Mahendra Singh Dhoni
  • People
  • World
  • Country

• You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • People
  • You
  • Yourself

• We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Black
  • Community
  • Drug

• When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.

  

  LaToya Jackson
  • People
  • Love
  • Feel

• We think of bitcoin as mobile. It's not one company; it's broad.

  

  Balaji Srinivasan
  • Think
  • Company
  • Bitcoin

• Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Job
  • Guy
  • Always

• I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'

  

  Gattlin Griffith
  • Funny
  • Me
  • Nice

• If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is of no more authority than any other uninspired volume, how is it that the book is what it is?

  

  J. C. Ryle
  • Book
  • Man
  • Bible

• When the time is right, I will do female-centric films.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Time
  • Right
  • Will

• I try to let my game speak for itself.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Game
  • Speak
  • Try

• My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who could not draw.'

  

  N. Scott Momaday
  • Art
  • Father
  • Child

• The world does not have an Islam problem; the world has a dignity problem.

  

  Rand Paul
  • World
  • Problem
  • Islam

• (intro) Well, here we go. This is the first book I've written since 1975, when I was in the 7th grade and wrote Boogers Are Good Eatin'. (p. 1).

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • Good
  • Book

• Is anything more certain than that in all those vast times and spaces, if I were allowed to search them, I should nowhere find her face, her voice, her touch? She died. She is dead. Is the word so difficult to learn?

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • She
  • Search

• My love, There's only you in my life The only thing that's right. My first love, (yeah) You're every breath that I take You're every step I make.

  

  Lionel Richie
  • Life

• But now I see I was not plucked for naught,And after in life's vaseOf glass set while I might survive,But by a kind hand broughtAliveTo a strange place.

  

  Henry David Thoreau
  • Life
  • Hand

• Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.

  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

• To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Truth
  • Path

• Life is what happens when we are busy doing other things. Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Life
  • Things
  • Happens

• The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.

  

  William Shatner
  • Political
  • Needs
  • Scene

• Certainly 'Survivors,' when we put that series out, the second series dipped below 5 million for one of the episodes - all of a sudden, there's no recommission, and I think that's dreadful.

  

  Max Beesley Incognito

• My mom is a script supervisor. It's like the family business. It never had that feeling of entertainment. It was always more like, "Eh, it's just a movie," with that crew mentality, which is, "We've done it before and we can do it again."

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • Family
  • Done
  • Business

• You have started your journey and if everything turns out fine, you can end up in Brussels.

  

  Javier Solana
  • Journey
  • Turns
  • Brussels

• Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

  

  James Russell Lowell