Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
Many men want wealth,--not a competence alone, but a live-story competence. Everything subserves this; and religion they would like as a sort of lightning-rod to their houses, to ward off by and by the bolts of Divine wrath.Henry Ward Beecher
Quotes to Explore
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
Pat Robertson -
Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
Larry Elder -
Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
Gary Hamel -
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
A. A. Milne -
I love Massachusetts for a number of reasons. I once loved a magical girl who lived in a magnificently converted barn, a half-hour or so from Boston. I love your winters. I love the snow.
J. D. Souther -
Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.
Gabriel Medina
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
Rachel Zoe -
Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
Gary Bauer -
When I started giving talks about women's history, one of the things that bothered me was the tendency to say, 'Well, everybody was totally oppressed and suddenly in 1964 we rose up, got our freedom, and here we are.' It dismisses the women who fought for rights for several hundred years of our history up to that point.
Gail Collins -
It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
Mandy Moore -
One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
Faith Baldwin -
I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.
Yani Tseng
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He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.
Zygmunt Bauman -
If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.
Aaliyah -
Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.
Ziggy Marley -
Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.
Zadie Smith -
My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
Frances McDormand
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I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop.
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. -
I really just can't watch myself. I see all the machinery at work and it just drives me nuts.
Paul Newman -
I’ve never really been contained to just one style. My listening choice has always been so mixed up.
Myles Richard Bass Alter Bridge -
As a consumer of culture, I like a wide range of emotions to be touched in art. It's funny but on the other side of it, I do feel that people that are trying to sell culture would like to see a narrower range of expression from their content-makers. Easier to sell I guess.
Erin McKeown -
'Tall-over six feet-and one of the thinnest men I’ve ever seen. He must be about fifty now and his hair was almost white when I knew him.Usually needs a haircut, ragged brindle mustache, bites his fingernails.' I pushed the dog away to reach for my drink.
Dashiell Hammett -
Many men want wealth,--not a competence alone, but a live-story competence. Everything subserves this; and religion they would like as a sort of lightning-rod to their houses, to ward off by and by the bolts of Divine wrath.
Henry Ward Beecher