James Russell Lowell Quotes

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

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• The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.

  

  Salvatore Quasimodo
  • Poet
  • Politician
  • Cultures

• As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.

  

  Hank Stram
  • People
  • Life
  • Day

• You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • You
  • Financial
  • Ability

• Partly because the town is just finicky, there are strange Catch 22 clauses in the consciousness of this community and one of them was that you, I found out, you can't do a comedy unless you've just done a comedy.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Done
  • Community
  • Comedy

• It is a sad but undeniable reality that people have died in the line of duty since the earliest days of the United Nations. The first was Ole Bakke, a Norwegian member of the United Nations guard detachment, shot and killed in Palestine in 1948. The toll since then has included colleagues at all levels.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • People
  • Reality
  • Sad

• The Masters is a sell-out annually, and even the scalpers mind their manners.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Mind
  • Manners
  • Even

• How does one get bored of life?

  

  Osric Chau
  • Life
  • Bored
  • How

• Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.

  

  Victor Pinchuk
  • Love
  • Why
  • Power

• I love owning my masters.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Love
  • Masters
  • Owning

• I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.

  

  Wayne Huizenga
  • Good
  • Money
  • Building

• I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.

  

  Bas Rutten
  • Help
  • Thought
  • Movies

• I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • May
  • Want
  • Language

• Family and God - that is what's important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go.

  

  Fabrice Muamba
  • God
  • Important
  • Family

• I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Up
  • Religious
  • Identity

• On Quora, you're not answering questions because you want to get points or because you have nothing else to do.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • Want
  • You
  • Questions

• War expands government powers. The trouble is that, when the war goes away, the government powers do not.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • War
  • Government
  • Trouble

• I eat like a normal 6-year-old, but if you look at the mortality statistics, I mean, 6-year-olds don’t die very often. 'Part 2 - Billionaire Warren Buffett says GOP health reform bills are relief for the rich' PBS Newshour (27 June 2017)

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Die
  • Health
  • June

• I didn't want my epitaph to read 'Here lies John Caudwell, billionaire.' I knew that wasn't enough. I've had a charitable instinct all my life, but working gave me no time for it.

  

  John Caudwell
  • Life
  • Time
  • Lies

• People say, 'Do you have the same opportunity today as you had years ago?' And I said, 'Absolutely.' You always have an opportunity. There's always an opportunity, especially in this country.

  

  Donald Trump
  • People
  • Country
  • Today

• Everything we do, even the slightest thing we do, can have a ripple effect and repercussions that emanate. If you throw a pebble into the water on one side of the ocean, it can create a tidal wave on the other side.

  

  Victor Webster
  • Water
  • Ocean
  • Ripple

• I enjoy being in Toronto - there's lots of energy, lots of neat different neighbourhoods - but Vancouver is still home and always will be. I miss going for walks on the ocean with beautiful mountains.

  

  Laura Mennell
  • Different
  • Home
  • Beautiful

• Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade - whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted.

  

  Aimee Teegarden
  • Beautiful
  • Passion
  • Ocean

• In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

  

  James Russell Lowell
  • Ocean