Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes
One of the most amazing things ever said on this earth is Jesus's statement: "He that is greatest among you shall be your servant." Nobody has one chance in a billion of being thought really great after a century has passed except those who have been the servants of all. That strange realist from Bethlehem knew that.
Quotes to Explore
-
The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
-
Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
-
If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'
-
I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical.
-
Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.
-
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
-
I don't mind being called snobbish, a pain and a social climber, but being called unkind really hurts.
-
In some areas I am more noted for reading then I am for cookies!
-
Planned Parenthood 'is teaching kids to fornicate, teaching people to have adultery, every kind of bestiality, homosexuality, lesbianism – everything that the Bible condemns.' (The 700 Club, variously dated as 9 Apr. 1991 or 14 Jan. 1991).
-
What Miss Moore’s best poetry does, I can say best in her words: it 'comes into and steadies the soul,' so that the reader feels himself 'a life prisoner, but reconciled.'
-
A large, coarse-skinned young woman but with something of my friend's features, particularly the mouth.
-
Indian, Indian what did you die for? Indian says, nothing at all.
-
If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.
-
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
-
Men of learning are those who have read the contents of books. Thinkers, geniuses, and those who have enlightened the world and furthered the race of men, are those who have made direct use of the book of the world.
-
I've always had to work hard for what I've got and to stay where I was.
-
Every homeless puppy and kitten was born to parents who weren't spayed or neutered. I'm proud to support PETA's work to prevent animal homelessness.
-
I thought the idea of 'Smurfs' lent itself to the 3-D environment pretty well, I think, better than some of the farm animal movies that have been done before. I was a fan of the 'Smurfs' and they come with their own fan base, which I thought was nice.
-
In Egypt, every family is suffering from the deteriorated schooling and university system of the Mubarak regime. What families want most of all is to secure a good education for their children.
-
Ah! How I hate the crimes of the new generation: they are dry and sterile as darnel.
-
Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.
-
One of the most amazing things ever said on this earth is Jesus's statement: "He that is greatest among you shall be your servant." Nobody has one chance in a billion of being thought really great after a century has passed except those who have been the servants of all. That strange realist from Bethlehem knew that.
