Robert Green Ingersoll Quotes

The place does not make the man, nor the sceptre the king. Greatness is from within.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899

Topics

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I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

Andrew Carnegie

WiseStopSeriousDifficultTask

And yet, if we don't, first and foremost, act responsibly with the national tax dollars that we have, we can't properly address those regional priorities that we would like to.

Melissa Bean

PrioritiesTaxFirstActWouldLike

I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.

John Irving

ImaginationWorldThinkInteresting

In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.

Stephen Gardiner

WorldOutsideInteriorJapanese

I've learned that guns are exceptionally challenging to use effectively, with a power that must be respected. But mostly what I've learned is that they're a lot of fun, and dangerously appealing to an active imagination.

Trieste Kelly Dunn

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Of course laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction.

Shirley Chisholm

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Through my education, I didn't just develop skills, I didn't just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence.

Michelle Obama

EducationConfidenceLearnSkills

For centuries, pates have been one of the greatest vehicles for wild game. But making a pate, which is nothing more than a meatloaf, has tended to be a laborious task, with ingredient lists as long as a shotgun barrel.

Jonathan Miles

GameLongNothingMoreWildTask

Freedom of expression is essential for feminists and dissidents in the Muslim world.

Deeyah Khan

FreedomWorldExpressionMuslim

Oh, Diane Nash deserves her own film. Diane Nash is a freedom fighter who is still alive and kicking. She was one of the leaders of the desegregation of Nashville, basically. She was a student at Fisk University who was one of the founding members of SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Ava DuVernay

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Viral videos aren't just about being funny. They're about identity creation.

Ricky Van Veen

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There's an entire generation of male strength and endurance athletes, even recreational lifters, who have never gotten off the ephedrine-caffeine-aspirin stack. The process of getting off stimulants is really horrible.

Tim Ferriss

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