Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes

Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius -books, by whose sorcery times past become time present, and the whole pageantry of the world's history moves in solemn procession before our eyes, -these were to visit the firesides of the humble and lavish the treasures of the intellect upon the poor.

Edwin Percy Whipple

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• Genius
• Intellect
• Treasures
• Creations

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• Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.

  

  Barry Goldwater
  • People
  • Life
  • World

• I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!

  

  Barry Humphries
  • Life
  • Good
  • Work

• That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.

  

  A. Whitney Brown
  • You
  • Humor
  • Grace

• I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • Love
  • Mother
  • Gift

• I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • Good
  • Feeling
  • Wish

• Dyeing my hair has become a kind of addiction. I can't see myself as anything other than blond. Once you go blond, you stay blond forever.

  

  Valeria Mazza
  • Myself
  • Hair
  • Forever

• So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.

  

  Mangosuthu Buthelezi
  • People
  • Long
  • Country

• I want to be the defensive player to break the MVP barrier. I want to break barriers. I want to do things when people tell me I can't.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • People
  • Want
  • Me

• Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Good
  • Men
  • Women

• There are too many senior citizens and good residents in Chicago who are sick and tired of having to walk several blocks out of their way when they leave their homes just to avoid the gangs and drug dealers on the street corner.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • Good
  • Tired
  • Sick

• It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Work
  • Children

• I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.

  

  Natalie Martinez
  • Change
  • Car
  • Oil

• Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.

  

  Ed Asner
  • Job
  • Always
  • Yourself

• I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.

  

  Ted Koppel
  • Ideas
  • Years
  • Programming

• It's wrong to say that there is no performance in a glamorous role. Even a glam role takes in a lot of effort. There is a fine line between being glamorous and being vulgar; you have to feel comfortable in what you wear.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Effort
  • Feel
  • Performance

• What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.

  

  Rafer Johnson
  • Time
  • Good
  • Why

• It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Good
  • Consumers
  • Retail

• I've always felt that technology companies have disrespected the content creation process, and the content creation people disrespect technology.

  

  Eddy Cue
  • People
  • Technology
  • Process

• You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Life
  • Different
  • Football

• Let there be light! said Liberty, And like sunrise from the sea, Athens arose!

  

  Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Light
  • Sea
  • Sunrise

• Every day, I wish to make the world more beautiful than I found it.

  

  Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
  • World
  • Beautiful
  • Wish

• The due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department as essential to the happiness of the country, and to the stability of its political system.

  

  George Washington
  • Wisdom
  • Justice
  • Administration

• Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius -books, by whose sorcery times past become time present, and the whole pageantry of the world's history moves in solemn procession before our eyes, -these were to visit the firesides of the humble and lavish the treasures of the intellect upon the poor.

  

  Edwin Percy Whipple
  • Eyes
  • Books
  • Genius