John Witherspoon Quotes

Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation.

John Witherspoon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 5, 1723 - November 15, 1794

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There never was a happier or more devoted husband than the male bluebird. He is the gay champion and escort of the female at all times, and while she is sitting, he feeds her regularly.

John Burroughs

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We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Once in a while, the universe lets you be free alone and in peace.

John M. Grunsfeld

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My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her.

Amy Jo Johnson

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I have a really dry sense of humor. I don't think it's funny when people wink at the camera. That's more of an actor thing, just committing to whatever the thing is.

Topher Grace

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I was fortunate to be raised by loving grandparents.

Ronnie Milsap

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And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

Martin Scorsese

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I realized eventually that when I ran out of places to stay and found myself on the D train and in Central Park, I was actually homeless.

Liz Murray

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I really think one of the most extraordinary things in the world is the amount of noise a child can make.

Joseph Pulitzer

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The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced by the fact that birds which do not fly (Apteryx, Penguins) show these adaptations in a greatly reduced form.

August Krogh

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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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I do like to have fun. I don't need alcohol to have fun.

Rima Fakih

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