John Sergeant Wise Quotes

America is good enough for us.

John Sergeant Wise

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 27, 1846 - May 12, 1913

Topics

GoodAmericaEnoughUs

I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.

Jessica Lynch

CommunityFarmingUpWest Virginia

There is a level of fame that is really unmanageable. But most of the people who experience that level of fame are compensated in other ways. Private villas and chauffeured boats.

John C. Reilly

ExperiencePeopleFameLevelMost

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

LifeThankfulEyesManBe Thankful

I think, for me, the goal was never really for my EPs to go mainstream. I think the intention of them was to create a little bit of buzz and to show my musicality because I wrote and produced the EPs myself. The goal was to experiment, with no rules.

Tori Kelly

MyselfMeThinkRulesGoalCreate

Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?

Robert Byrd

TimeWonderCongressGoWhyRecess

They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.

Ruth Handler

DreamsWomenProjectOwnAdultWere

I used to have the biggest crush on Jimmy Kimmel. I liked him when he was chubbier, though. I've never really been attracted to the 'classically' handsome guy. I've always liked men with a little meat on their bones.

Mikaela Hoover

MenHandsomeNeverHimAlwaysMeat

After the sale of Celtel, I really wanted to give the money back, and I had a number of choices - to go and buy masses of blankets and baby milk or to go into Darfur or Congo. That would have been very nice actually, but it's just like an aspirin: it doesn't deal with the problem.

Mo Ibrahim

MoneyBabyChoicesProblemBackGo

Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.

Dick Cheney

EnergyPersonalVirtueSoundPolicy

Extremism is a complicated issue, but without addressing how it appeals to men and boys, we may be missing an important motivation and a way to address the problems in our towns and cities.

Deeyah Khan

MenProblemsMotivationComplicated

I had collages in my bedroom when I was a teenager.

Brie Larson

BedroomTeenagerHad

In order to engage in an 'experiencing of the world,' one has to physically move oneself to the most diverse places on earth.

Wolfgang Tillmans

WorldEarthPlacesEngageOrder

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