Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: November 13, 1850 - December 3, 1894

Topics

FriendSilenceEyeYouKnowNothing

I believe anger is a wasted emotion, and I don't like to waste emotions.

Jim Webb

AngerBelieveEmotionsEmotionWaste

I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

Jim Carrey

BusinessMyselfTomorrowSickThink

The way the vocal folds work is that they can get inflamed and in pain, but actual tears in the folds are somewhat rare. I've never torn anything. Been too strained plenty of times.

John Darnielle

WorkPainTearsWayNeverAnything

Sometimes it's said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood. I might have fallen into that category.

Robert Jay Lifton

SaidSometimesBloodSightWho

It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.

Amanda Burton

AgePeopleMeAlwaysHowObsessed

When my car runs out of gas, I buy a new one. I don't want to ride around in a quitter.

Stephen Colbert

CarRideNewWantOutBuy

Where there is so much racket, there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the Negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.

Sojourner Truth

WomenMenThinkTalkingWhiteWill

There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.

Rush Limbaugh

LeadershipThinkCountryWashington

I remember clearly the afternoon I sat down with Obama. In December 2006, he was preparing for a family trip, and the decision to run weighed heavily on his mind. As a progressive member of Congress from Illinois, I was excited and energized by the prospect of my senator, and my friend, running for president.

Luis Gutierrez

FamilyFriendDecisionMindRemember

I remember him watching me through the crack of a door singing with a hairbrush. I was in front of his mirror. I think he wanted me to sing. He would get me on the table and make me sing sometimes or play the piano. He was very encouraging on that front.

Lisa Marie Presley

MirrorMeDoorSingingThinkPlay

Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do.

Chris Hemsworth

CharacterPeopleYouKnowMoreHim

Something that is very special today might not be special tomorrow, but to hold it, to grasp it, to keep it, to make it special, to elevate it from the ordinary, that's when you open up the champagne. To make it sparkle.

Christoph Waltz

TodayTomorrowSparkleYouSpecial

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