Robert Hall Quotes

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom.

Robert Hall

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 2, 1764 - February 21, 1831

Topics

AuthorityWhateverMankindCustom

The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration.

Rita Coolidge

WomenDoingJazzMonthSeptember

Songs are great. I love songs. I sing them in the shower sometimes. They can be poignant or cheery or angry, and they can have catchy and satisfying melodies. There's nothing wrong with songs.

Russell Smith

LoveGreatAngryWrongSometimes

When we report stories, we don't just want to talk to people who did the right thing. We want to talk to people who did the wrong thing.

Jayson Blair

PeopleWrongWantTalkRightJust

What makes art powerful is a flash of recognition, a frightening encounter with something familiar about the human condition.

Joshua Oppenheimer

ArtRecognitionPowerfulHumanFlash

We are a diverse country, but we are one country. And we are at our best when we come together as Americans, not despite our differences, but in celebration of them.

Jared Polis

BestTogetherDifferencesCountry

I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.

Dirk Nowitzki

SportsBasketballSoccerYoungKinds

Laziness in my biggest pet peeve of all time. Get up, make a plan, do the work, and love yourself, people!

Dove Cameron

WorkLoveTimePetYourselfPeople

Your allegiance is with your spouse; you cannot break that by showing allegiance to your ex-spouse.

Connie Sellecca

YouBreakCannotYourAllegiance

My dream isn't running a studio or doing anything managerial in any way, shape, or form.

Bonnie Hammer

DoingDreamWayAnythingShapeForm

Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

LifeTrustChildGiftLife Is A

People know the facts of a story just as well as the people on TV do, and they have more platforms to hold the media accountable when they don't get it right. We are a world full of media experts. That's a great thing.

Willie Geist

GreatPeopleWorldStoryFactsKnow

Maybe I have an affinity for Andy Griffith because we both grew up in North Carolina.

Peyton Reed

UpNorth CarolinaBecauseMaybeBoth

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