Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes

It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

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• I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Love
  • Hope
  • Reading

• Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Kind
  • Place
  • New

• Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Dad
  • Read
  • Minutes

• I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • Human
  • Rights
  • Human Rights

• I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Up
  • Play
  • Model

• I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.

  

  Gary David Goldberg
  • Family
  • Night
  • Change

• And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.

  

  Pam Grier
  • Art
  • Myself
  • Curious

• I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • Experience
  • Like
  • Personal

• I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child of your team, then what else is it? It's got to be a black-white issue. Every white player I know who's the best player on their team is the poster child of that team.

  

  Gary Sheffield
  • Black
  • Team
  • Best

• In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Christian
  • Opinion
  • Theatre

• It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.

  

  Quintilian
  • Words
  • Child
  • First

• For me to own land in Detroit, it was a badge of honor, and it was support for the city.

  

  Manuel Moroun
  • Support
  • City
  • Honor

• I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Life
  • High
  • Intensity

• The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.

  

  Jack Levine
  • High
  • Man
  • Saying

• Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful.

  

  Jack Vance
  • Imagination
  • Weird
  • WIld

• Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ, by commanding his followers to lay down their own lives.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • Death
  • Jesus

• I've got a one-dimensional mind.

  

  Bertrand Russell
  • Mind

• My first meal when I wake up is five boiled eggs, egg whites, and a slice of whole wheat bread.

  

  Anthony Santos Aventura
  • Up

• The absence of real pressures from within Iraqi society, from Iran, from the world at large, or even from his own party leaves those of us who would write about the “cause” of this war with nothing to evaluate “objectively” and argue about.

  

  Kanan Makiya
  • Society
  • Pressure
  • Absence

• I think in life, if you continue to challenge yourself, you can pride yourself in what you continuously accomplish.

  

  J. R. Martinez
  • Life
  • Challenge
  • Pride

• It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.

  

  Yann Martel
  • Life
  • Important
  • Heart

• I live my life by the numbers. Not only am I an American, I am an Americanist.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Life
  • Numbers

• One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.

  

  John Frankenheimer
  • Life

• It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.

  

  Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • Life
  • Faith
  • Cynicism