Henry David Thoreau Quotes

There are other letters for the child to learn than those which Cadmus invented.

Henry David Thoreau

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• I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.

  

  Adam Hicks
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Love

• Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects.

  

  Sam Kean
  • People
  • Work
  • Job

• I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.

  

  Randy Harrison
  • School
  • Friends
  • Parents

• Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • People
  • Work
  • Hope

• I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Money
  • Color
  • Shoes

• I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.

  

  Barry Hannah
  • People
  • Done
  • Happy

• It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.

  

  Harold S. Geneen
  • Work
  • Business
  • Reality

• Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye, and deny it.

  

  Garrison Keillor
  • Reality
  • Sometimes
  • Eye

• All the conscious decisions that I have taken in my life have never borne fruit. Not even come close! So, I am just very happy not planning.

  

  Imtiaz Ali
  • Life
  • Happy
  • Taken

• I don't know anyone male or female who can quote-unquote have it all. It's a made-up idea. Men don't have it all. They may have it better because they get paid more for the same work, but they don't have it all.

  

  Callie Khouri
  • Up
  • Work
  • Men

• If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.

  

  Garth Ennis
  • You
  • Like
  • Look

• I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Book
  • Finish
  • Almost

• I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip, isn't it?

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Good
  • Job
  • Government

• Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

  

  Wendell Phillips
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  • Nothing

• First we've got population. Now, the world today has 6.8 billion people. That's headed up to about nine billion. Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that (forecast) by, perhaps, 10 or 15 percent, but there we see an increase of about 1.3 (per year).

  

  Bill Gates
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• I don't want to be entertained. I don't want visuals or musicals. I don't want a vacation. I don't want to quit. I don't want sympathy. The cry of my heart is 'Just Give Me Jesus.'

  

  Anne Graham Lotz
  • Heart
  • Jesus
  • Sympathy

• There's not a person in the United States of America who doesn't love country or have some kind of tie to it.

  

  Danny Gokey
  • Country
  • America

• Some big banks remain wary of venture capital.

  

  Alex Berenson

• I love what Max Landis is doing with 'Superman: American Alien.' That's a really good book.

  

  Mark Waid
  • Good
  • Book
  • American

• Secreted and hidden in the heart of the world and in the heart of the human is the light which can illuminate all life, the future and the past. Shall we not search for it?

  

  Mabel Collins
  • Life
  • World
  • Heart

• Yes, whatever happened, happened; but what happens now is up to you. You can respond from ego, ensuring pain, or you can respond from spirit, ensuring a miracle.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Up
  • Pain
  • Miracle

• I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. My response is that the only country I know that doesn't have an economic development plan is Papa New Guinea.

  

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.
  • Country
  • Business
  • Party

• Yes, well, principles are sometimes the problem, if you ask me,' said Miles. 'Often what's needed is a bit of common sense.' 'Which is the name people usually give to their prejudices,' rejoined Kay.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • People

• There are other letters for the child to learn than those which Cadmus invented.

  

  Henry David Thoreau