Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

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• Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Eye
  • Spring
  • Obstacles

• The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.

  

  Tara Lipinski
  • Morning
  • Coffee
  • Ice

• I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.

  

  Nate Diaz
  • Me
  • Win
  • Fight

• Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.

  

  Yael Grobglas
  • Fun
  • Films
  • Fact

• You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • People
  • Comedy
  • Dark

• Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Heart
  • Friends
  • Sun

• If Clinton is elected or if Trump is going to get elected, I think the polarization in Congress will be greater than ever. Nothing is going to get done. It is going to be so ugly, so partisan, so back-biting. Well what if you elect a couple of Libertarians?

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Done
  • Think
  • Couple

• The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • People
  • Up
  • Game

• The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Nature
  • Community
  • Ukrainian

• At D.O.J., we don't want to go after the corporate wrongdoers simply as an end unto itself; we want to decrease the amount of corporate wrongdoing that happens in the first place. We want to restore and help protect the corporate culture of responsibility.

  

  Sally Yates
  • Help
  • Culture
  • Responsibility

• Thank God I'm with the love of my life. That's why I know I'm right where I'm supposed to be.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Life
  • God
  • Know

• I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.

  

  Oscar Levant

• I acquiesced in this on the grounds that the most anyone can expect from a holiday is a change of agony.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • Holiday

• I hope I'm a spiritual person. I'm trying to be a spiritual person.

  

  Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Trying
  • Hope
  • Spiritual

• I like the variety. But basically my choice of films is a small intimate film. Quiet film, no action, just people in relationships. That's what I like the most.

  

  Jerry Goldsmith
  • People
  • Small
  • Action

• When you're an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there's a third aspect: What you feel in your gut.

  

  Kevin O'Leary

• I ran away. I kept running away. Almost once a week, I'd run away from those schools. They'd catch me. They'd bring me back to the school, beat me. And it was - it was terrible.

  

  Dennis Banks
  • School
  • Running

• I'd love to say I made the smart decision of picking projects that became hits, but with 'The Good Wife,' I read the script and something inside me said, 'I love this, I want to do this.'

  

  Archie Panjabi
  • Good
  • Wife
  • Decision

• During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.

  

  George W. Norris
  • War
  • Nations
  • Abolition

• Actors make less than you think.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • Think
  • You
  • Less

• I see 'Eligible' as a homage, and I see 'Pride and Prejudice' as a perfect book. You can dispute whether this project is a good idea, but you can't dispute my fondness for the novel.

  Curtis Sittenfeld
  • Good
  • Book
  • Perfect

• I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.

  

  Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • War
  • Starvation
  • Democracies