John Dalberg-Acton Quotes

By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.

John Dalberg-Acton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 10, 1834 - June 19, 1902

Topics

SuccessTimePastWorldActionDead

The other day, I said I should write a song, 'When Does the New Wear Off?' I think it would be a helluva title.

Jimmy Dean

DaySongThinkNewSaidWrite

What are individuals in wars today? Expendable commodities, dead or alive.

Joanne Liu

TodayAliveDeadCommoditiesWars

There is no inherent power in the office of the vice presidency. Zero. None. It's all a reflection of your relationship with the president. I mean, Kennedy never let Johnson in the office.

Joe Biden

RelationshipPowerReflectionOffice

The Hubble Space Telescope, which was designed for extreme servicing, you know, we can fix everything. And the James Webb Space Telescope, where we can fix nothing. It has to work the first time. And it's a very complicated telescope.

John M. Grunsfeld

WorkTimeSpaceYouComplicatedFix

I imagine I'm a very unusual guy to date. You know, I've got toys on the shelves, and I've got the cars.

Matthew Reilly

YouKnowToysImagineGuyUnusual

Christian bookstores have banned our records, but we don't need them.

Sonny Sandoval

ChristianNeedRecordsOurThem

A lot of kids are broken, and it's hard for them to believe in anything. But you have to have an imaginative mind and tell yourself, 'Hey, I can do whatever I want to.'

Torii Hunter

YourselfBrokenMindBelieveYou

A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best.

Tom Rachman

LifeMyselfBestDeathReadingTrue

Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But my white suit seems to be a little whiter than theirs. I think also that it may have something written on the back of it, although I can't find it when I take the suit off.

Robert Benchley

MenThinkSuitsBackFindWhite

The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world.

Robert C. Solomon

WorldPrincipalDollarCurrency

I know I didn't want to get caught up in the cycle of drugs and violence that was around me. Deep down inside, I felt there was something better outside the situation I was in.

Michael Oher

MeDeepBetterViolenceDownKnow

You have to always remember who your guest is, and that's who we cater to.

Michael Mina

RememberYouAlwaysGuestWhoYour

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