Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Stephen Kinzer Quotes

No one will ever be able to say what the comandantes would have done with their historic opportunity in Nicaragua if they had not been confronted with civil war.

Stephen Kinzer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: August 4, 1951

Topics

Opportunity War Done Say Will Been

Putting labels on entire groups of people makes things much simpler. If all New Yorkers are pushy, or all politicians are dishonest, we don't have to do the hard work of figuring out who's who.

Robert J. Waldinger

Work Hard Work People New Hard Out

The educational highlights I remember were not in the classroom. My father spent a lot of time with me when he could. He taught me how to take square roots, a skill I have retained but do not use often, except to check that I still remember.

Angus Deaton

Father Time Me Roots Remember Skill

It should be pursued as in the presence of God, and under the solemn sanctions created by a lively sense of his omniscience, and of our accountability to him for the right use of the faculties which he has bestowed.

Simon Greenleaf

God Accountability Right Him Sense

The best meal I've had was in Tavarua, an island in Fiji. It was just before sunset. A bunch of guys had just caught all this yellow fin tuna; they literally brought this huge wooden table down to the sand, pulled the tuna from the boat, dropped it on top of the table, pulled the skin off and sliced the tuna up.

Rob Machado

Sunset Best Yellow Boat Sand Skin

Growing up, it was just me and my mom, so we would play games where we'd listen to the radio and sing harmonies to each other.

Ruthie Ann Miles

Me Mom Growing Up Play Growing Up

I'm not saying dating is sinful, and I'm not saying a guy and a girl should never spend time alone together. I'm saying let's wait until we can be purposeful, so there's a reason behind our relationship, and we're not just stirring up passion for the sake of a good time.

Joshua Harris

Good Girl Passion Relationship Alone

He has called for a repeal of the Fifth Amendment as it affects the right of private property.

Dixie Lee Ray

Right Amendment Property Affects He

I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done.

Diane von Furstenberg

Dreams Done Talk Happen Make Like

Seattle has shaped me in a lot of ways.

David Shields

Me Seattle Shaped Ways Lot

It's glorious to be able to go onto the Internet and hear any kind of music anywhere, from anywhere, and get it instantly. But there's also something glorious about having a record with a sleeve and looking at the artwork, putting it on the turntable and playing it, there's still something romantic to me about that.

Conor Oberst

Music Romantic Me Looking Internet

I was the last person to get high-speed Internet, I was the last person to get an iPod, the last person to get an iPhone... I travel to India for one month out of the year and I don't have a phone there, so I can go without, which is beautiful, too.

Lindsey McKeon

Beautiful Travel Internet Year Phone

Telling my grandchildren stories of my growing up is some of our favorite times spent together. They want to know what it was like and what I did as a child. They seem to be especially interested in the organic and simplistic setting I grew up in.

Lidia Bastianich

Together Child Growing Up Know Want