John Wesley Powell Quotes

We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things.

John Wesley Powell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902

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When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to just not dwell on it... You've got to replace it with a positive thought.

Joel Osteen

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It's very difficult to explain to a normal working citizen the implications of what $18 trillion in debt means and what it means when the Federal Reserve buys the U.S. Treasury bonds to finance our loss every month.

Steve Wynn

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American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.

Tucker Carlson

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But I like to be thought of as a good father and a good husband.

Treat Williams

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I think we're very uptight in America. You have to remember that we're descended from Puritans. Whether or not the country is now composed of immigrants, our culture as American really begins with the landing of the Pilgrims and a puritanical view of things.

Tom Ford

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Witty, adventurous guys really rev my engine.

Miranda Rae Mayo

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The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.

Jose Saramago

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Citizens identify with something larger than themselves - if one's country is attacked, it can feel like a personal attack in a way that a fellow bank customer's account theft does not feel like a personal invasion.

Jonathan Zittrain

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You cannot disconnect the form from the material - the material informs the form.

Jonathan Ive

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For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.

Donnie Yen

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I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.

Cliff Martinez

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I'm not a real big wine drinker. I enjoy wine from a distance.

Apollonia Kotero

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