James Russell Lowell Quotes

The Holy Supper is kept, indeed,In whatso we share with another's need,-Not that which we give, but what we share,-For the gift without the giver is bare;Who bestows himself with his alms feeds three,-Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.

James Russell Lowell

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• The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • Time
  • World
  • True

• I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Music
  • Tired
  • Administration

• I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Musicians

• I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.

  

  Zac Posen
  • Different
  • Garden
  • Neighbors

• When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Work
  • Book
  • Lost

• May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

  

  Daniel Boone
  • War
  • Ambition
  • Monster

• It is tact that is golden, not silence.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Silence
  • Golden
  • Tact

• This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community.

  

  Hannah Gadsby
  • Time
  • Community
  • Genius

• I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Movie
  • Football
  • Player

• Most people who go to Rajasthan go to Udaipur, Jodhpur or Jaipur.

  

  Gautam Singhania
  • People
  • Most
  • Go

• re: Abraham Lincoln 'Shall we stop this bleeding.'

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Stop

• It's nothing really. It's the unique presentation that makes me look good in the action scenes. Why did I dare do them? That's a funny question! Why do I act? Why do I breathe!

  

  Amitabh Bachchan
  • Good
  • Why
  • Funny

• The dog now slept, occasionally farting very gently.

  

  Anthony Burgess
  • Dog

• Why did people get so upset when somebody mentioned dying? Did they think that if they didn’t mention it, it would skip a few people and leave them alive forever?

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • People
  • Why
  • Forever

• 'Well, what are you doing? What have you done?' 'I am sitting in this char,' said Poirot. 'Thinking,' he added. 'Is that all?' said Mrs. Oliver. 'It is the important thing,' said Poirot.

  

  Agatha Christie
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Done

• I tell people to use me as example of what they can do if they don't give up. I like people to see me as a 'girl next door' who conquered and went after what she wanted.

  

  Karen Civil
  • People
  • Up
  • She

• It was a great feeling to be named an All-Star starter, to know that my hard work is paying off and fans around the world are recognizing that.

  

  Kawhi Leonard
  • World
  • Work
  • Great

• I love old-fashioned manners, as long as it's not forced. I can tell when it's natural or when someone is just trying to impress me.

  

  Adriana Lima
  • Long
  • Trying

• If you live in L.A. long enough, you get into having a cool car.

  

  Art Alexakis
  • Long
  • Live
  • Cool

• Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.

  

  David O. McKay
  • World
  • Men
  • Peace

• She is a girl so I wouldn’t slap her. I would lock her in a room full of spiders and let her think about what she’s doing to the youth of America.

  

  Brandon Boyd Incubus
  • She
  • America
  • Girl

• To fight a bigger guy you need to train with bigger guys and it takes a lot more on your body. And it's not your weight class.

  

  Georges St-Pierre
  • Guy
  • Body
  • Train

• I prefer to make up my own quotes and attribute them to very smart people, so that I can use them to win arguments.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • People
  • Smart
  • Arguments

• The Holy Supper is kept, indeed,In whatso we share with another's need,-Not that which we give, but what we share,-For the gift without the giver is bare;Who bestows himself with his alms feeds three,-Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.

  

  James Russell Lowell