John C. Calhoun Quotes

I am utterly opposed to all equivocation or obscure expressions in our public acts. We are bound to say plainly what we mean to say. If we mean negotiation and compromise, let us say it distinctly and plainly instead of sending to the President a resolution on which he may put whatever interpretation he pleases.

John C. Calhoun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 18, 1782 - March 31, 1850

Topics

I AmCompromiseResolutionSayMean

Every good story needs a hero. Back when I wrote 'The Search,' that hero was Google - the book wasn't about Google alone, but Google's narrative worked to drive the entire story.

John Battelle

GoodAloneHeroDriveBookStory

The history of philosophy is actually full of people who argue for rather wild and incredible views, and their reputations are based on the skill of arguing for them.

Robert Nozick

HistoryPeoplePhilosophySkillWild

A song just doesn't have verse-chorus-verse. It could just be one line. There are Chinese love songs that you have to learn one melody for a three-minute thing, and nothing ever repeats. I like that.

Jeff Buckley

LoveSongLearnYouNothingLine

I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. All of it was at someone else's expense. It was kind of always about power.

John Wells

FamilyPowerHumorSomeoneKindUp

I hate the anglicanisation of culture, the idea that culture is genteel. It's not genteel.

Tony Harrison

CultureHateIdeaGenteel

Trucking is the backbone of U.S. commerce. Consumers rely on the industry to move the parts for their cars, the food for their dinner tables, and, increasingly, the goods they order online.

Mary Pilon

FoodDinnerOrderBackboneIndustry

Parents should plant deeply the seed of the work ethic into the hearts and habits of their children.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

WorkChildrenParentsSeedPlant

I don't believe in an 'all-about-me' culture. It's about the group.

Brian McDermott

CultureBelieveGroupAbout

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.

Anne Sullivan

ExperienceWrongStudentNeedThings

Wil Wheaton, Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes were all the early formidable crushes of my girlhood.

Autumn Reeser

EarlyCrushesFormidableWere

I grew up in the middle of everything. I walked the streets alone, I rode the trains alone, I came home at three in the morning alone; that was what I did.

Alicia Keys

HomeMorningAloneThreeEverything

The thing you've got to watch for is going broke when you're old. Look at all the people that go down and out at the finish. The man who built my country place is blind now and penniless. That's terrible!

Pearl White

ManPeopleBlindYouLookDown

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by John C. Calhoun