Joshua Chamberlain Quotes
But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought wider... That thought was our power.
Quotes to Explore
-
Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
-
I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.
-
I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.
-
I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
-
I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
-
My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
-
I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
-
It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
-
The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise that.
-
No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
-
I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
-
I am an old geezer: a grandpa kind of a guy. I was born October 19, 1931. I have gray hair, a beard, and a little pot belly. I have two children who are over 30 years old and a sweet little granddaughter who is 11 years old.
-
I love baseball, and the door remains open.
-
I take a certain pride in having maintained a reputation for fast copy throughout my newspaper career. Fast-breaking stories left my typewriter in a hurry. Not great literature, perhaps, but fast, and usually accurate.
-
Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
-
Political correctness kills discussion.
-
During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
-
I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
-
The way that I opened the door for the young people that come from where I come from and that have a different background, that is what I want to be remembered for.
-
It's the federal government's job to secure the border.
-
Biennial culture is already almost irrelevant, because so many more people are providing so many better opportunities for artists to exhibit their work.
-
Nobody can make me cry in public. I'll punch them first before they make my mascara smear.
-
When you play a tiebreaker, you dont have time to think of anything, ... You have to go for your shots because one shot can make such a difference. Thats the kind of shot that can break an opponent.
-
But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought wider... That thought was our power.
