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Sidney Lanier Quotes

If a man made himself an expert in any particular branch of human activity, there would result the strong tendency that a peculiar aptitude towards the same branch would be found among some of his descendants.

Sidney Lanier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: February 3, 1842 - September 7, 1881

Topics

Man Strong Result Human Same Expert

Mars is a long ways away. The moon is only 240,000 miles, but Mars is in the millions. It's too risky without spending more time going to the moon.

Jim Lovell

Time Moon Long More Mars Without

The best thing you can say about Hubbard Street is that if you were a dancer, this is a company you'd fight to get into.

Robert Gottlieb

Best Fight You Say Street Company

Paranormal fiction offers authors - and readers - the chance to answer the question, 'What if?' All the different ways that question can be answered make for extremely entertaining reading.

Jeaniene Frost

Chance Reading What If Question

It's so rare, actors who are not vain.

Sibel Kekilli

Rare Who Vain

My father died when I was nine, but I came from a stable family environment, which I think does contribute to being well-behaved.

Robert Winston

Family Father Think Environment Nine

I believe in celebrating the female figure and embracing what we've been given, not hiding that.

Miranda Kerr

Believe I Believe Hiding I Believe In

Calmness is the cradle of power.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Power Calmness Cradle

I play sad bastard music. For the money.

Josh Tillman

Music Sad Money Play

I have very important phone messages that will be playing Broadway. An evening of my tweets I think is going to be booked into the Golden Theatre.

Douglas Carter Beane

Theatre Think Evening Phone Golden

I took my first flying lesson in 1967, when I was 16. By October 1968, I had 70 hours in the air and got my pilot's license.

Chesley Sullenberger

Flying Lesson Pilot First Air Got

I like playing roulette, I like dice. I grew up with gamblers.

Chazz Palminteri

Dice Up Playing Like Roulette Grew

I had an old, red-covered '63 AC30 - one of the best AC30s I've ever heard. I cut the whole of the first record with it.

Brad Paisley

Best Old First Cut Whole Ever