Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes

Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

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• Once I turned pro, I was like,' OK, this is not fun and games now. This is me. I'm going to come, and I work on karma. I'm not going to go after somebody if I don't have a reason behind it, so as soon as there is some sort of a reason for me to do something that I need to do, then I'll do it.'

  

  Nate Diaz
  • Work
  • Fun
  • Karma

• It's true about the eyes being the window to the soul. Your face can be etched with worry, and twisted by ageing, but the eyes tell the true story of who you are.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • True
  • Soul
  • Eyes

• I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Hand
  • Try
  • Direct

• Trade agreements are important because they open up new marketplaces to small businesses, which ultimately translates into more jobs and greater economic growth.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Up
  • Important
  • Small

• I care about writing music and playing my music.

  

  Carla Bruni
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Care

• I have very eclectic tastes.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Very
  • Tastes
  • Eclectic

• Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Done
  • Bad
  • Day

• I can imagine it's hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn't know.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Know
  • Relationship
  • I Can

• The radical Left loves attacking people as anti-science when anyone dares question their computer models on global warming.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • People
  • Science
  • Question

• Candour is the brightest gem of criticism.

  

  Isaac D'Israeli
  • Criticism

• Sailing is necessary, living is not necessary.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Sailing

• It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

  

  Aeschylus
  • Believe

• For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value. This legume possesses also the ability to make a crop when planted relatively late.

  

  David F. Houston
  • Value

• A stadium tour would be amazing - that's definitely one of my goals. Just to keep putting out real, honest music that people can really relate to and connect with.

  

  Grace Martine Tandon
  • People
  • Music
  • Real

• I feel like any single woman of color who's been onstage has a Shakespeare monologue in her back pocket, and a monologue from 'For Colored Girls.' It's just part of what you should have, as a woman of color.

  

  Kerry Washington
  • Single
  • Color

• Of one thing I am certain: we are foolish if we think we will achieve change by sending the same crowd of people back to run our government again and again.

  

  Carlos Beruff
  • People

• President Trump ran on protecting U.S. jobs and renegotiating unfair trade policies - those policies strengthen labor laws around the world.

  

  Jan Schakowsky
  • World
  • Trump

• I do get up in the morning and I try to spend at least half an hour meditating and reading something spiritual. I start my day with meditation and prayer, and I truly believe that all the stuff you do on the outside isn't as important as what you do on the inside.

  

  Alana Stewart
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Important

• There are wonderful things happening all around the world. From Nova Scotia to Kerala, Bristol to Melbourne, and even in the Philippines, zero waste is on the agenda. I think what's particularly inspiring is when communities don't wait to be told what to do but just go ahead and do it.

  

  Jeremy Irons
  • World

• Whatever you lend let it be your money, and not your name. Money you may get again, and, if not, you may contrive to do without it; name once lost you cannot get again.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Money
  • Lost
  • Name

• As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Democracy
  • Idea
  • Slave

• No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • World
  • Live
  • Faith

• One of the ways I learned how to act, really, is by having secrets and having to function as a kid in a public school in suburban Bible Belt Texas.

  

  Matt Bomer
  • School
  • Bible
  • Texas

• Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.

  

  Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • Faith
  • Democracy
  • Movement