Stephen Vincent Benet Quotes

It is hard to put aside partisanship. It is hard to give up the easy wisecracking jeer that divides and destroys. It is hard - very hard - to have worked sincerely and wholeheartedly for a cause and to have lost. Most of all, it is hard to put aside personal prejudices. And yet we must put these things aside.

Stephen Vincent Benet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1898 - March 13, 1943

Topics

EasyLostPersonalHardUpThings

We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.

Andrew Niccol

WarOutGunsDestructionWeapon

What I want from my Lovers is real unadulterated love, and from my genuine workers I expect real work done.

Meher Baba

WorkLoveDoneWantGenuineReal

A lot of progressives really believe that if we can turn out one more white paper with bullet points about how to fix Problem X, we can fix it. But that's not primarily the way you reach people or move them. You reach the heart first.

Robert Greenwald

HeartPeopleBelieveReachProblem

I had been drawing my weekly comic strip, 'Life in Hell,' for about five years when I got a call from Jim Brooks, who was developing 'The Tracey Ullman Show' for the brand-new Fox network. He wanted me to come in and pitch an idea for doing little cartoons on that show.

Matt Groening

LifeMeHellDoingDrawingFox

I entered KC College in 1975. When I came here for my interview, for my admission, every person I spoke to spoke to me in Sindhi. Be it Kundanani, Bhambani, Nichani, Kevalramani... and they also thought that Ambani was the same. For a moment, I thought that I got my admission at KC College because I have a 'ni' in my surname.

Anil Ambani

MomentCollegeMeThoughtPerson

We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load.

Ann Romney

LearnNeedCarryLightenOtherLoad

Nature refuses to rest.

John Updike

NatureRestRefuses

Some actors are better with words than me. I prefer to play it rather than say it - and keep people thinking.

Travis Fimmel

WordsPeopleMeThinkingBetterSay

I try to stop and take a 10-second break and ask myself before I do something: One, is this going to improve my life for my children, or two, will there be a potential for something to go wrong here?

Tom Sizemore

LifeChildrenMyselfPotentialWrong

I can't be the big star in the family. We have a family, and we are all equal.

Martina McBride

FamilyEqualBigStarBig Star

I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.

Luis Fortuno

CountryPrinciplesSameTaxesTurn

I love scary films.

Millie Bobby Brown

LoveScaryI LoveFilms

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