James Russell Lowell Quotes

He stood a spell on one foot fustThen stood a spell on t' other,An' on which one he felt the wustHe could n't ha' told ye nuther.

James Russell Lowell

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• I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Believe
  • Peace
  • Mercy

• If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • Men
  • Women
  • Know

• Readers appreciate the truth. Why say, 'Some think a situation is a mess?' Based on my reporting, if a situation is a mess, then I say that. The truth is always what reporters tell each other when they get back to the newsroom.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Why
  • Truth
  • Appreciate

• People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.

  

  Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • People
  • Done
  • Practice

• All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.

  

  Jack Dempsey
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Boxing

• We the voice of the young world. We the voice of the people.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • People
  • World
  • Voice

• When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • People
  • Money
  • War

• We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.

  

  Dallas Willard
  • Culture
  • Worry
  • Something

• I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Pretty
  • Find
  • Jeans

• I learned that it's OK to be stubborn about your craft, and it's OK to demand excellence from the industry.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Excellence
  • Craft
  • Stubborn

• I've kept my phone on silent for a year and a half. For me, it's too much noise. It's not my jam. I like to keep things a lot more easygoing. The world's not going to stop if you don't pick up your phone.

  

  Carly Pope
  • Up
  • World
  • Stop

• For ultimately, the only way to win wars, is to prevent them occurring in the first place.

  

  Owen Arthur
  • Win
  • Place
  • First

• I think you can be happy and still be competitive. A good lesson for everybody is to think a bit before you speak and represent who you really are instead of the brash emotional you.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Good
  • Happy
  • Emotional

• Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.

  

  W. Averell Harriman
  • Movies
  • Drink
  • Russia

• I've struggled a lot for what I have today.

  

  Raj Kapoor
  • Today
  • Lot
  • Struggled

• When you or your loved ones escape repression, you often find yourself committed to ensuring that freedom prevails.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Freedom
  • Yourself
  • Loved

• Mainstream American society finds it easiest to be tolerant when the outsider chooses to minimize the differences that separate him from the majority. The country club opens its doors to Jews. The university welcomes African-Americans. Heterosexuals extend the privilege of marriage to the gay community.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Country
  • American
  • Society

• As young people, you want to see people who in some way look like you to some degree, because it makes it a little easier for you to aspire to take on the qualities of those people.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • People
  • Want
  • Young

• It is not good for ordinary people to say, 'I am He.' The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves? The upshot of the whole thing is that, no matter what path you follow, yoga is impossible unless the mind becomes quiet. The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • People
  • Good
  • Mind

• I'm obsessed with the form of a toolbox. The idea of a portable kit that has everything you might need ignites something inside me. It's like Batman's utility belt.

  

  Adam Savage
  • Batman

• I want to be ambassador-like. I want to, you know, set examples, especially as a young black female. That, I think, is important, and I just want to be a bit of an example, you know.

  

  Little Simz
  • Important
  • Black

• Davy was the type of all the jumped-up second-raters of all time.

  

  C.P. Snow
  • Up
  • Time
  • Science

• Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.

  

  Will McDonough
  • World
  • Personality
  • Hero

• He stood a spell on one foot fustThen stood a spell on t' other,An' on which one he felt the wustHe could n't ha' told ye nuther.

  

  James Russell Lowell