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Simon Newcomb Quotes

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

Simon Newcomb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: mathematician
Nationality: canadian
Birth: March 12, 1835 - July 11, 1909

Topics

Adversity Habit Looking Back Looking

I have a lot of really good handlers.

Jessica Simpson

Good Lot Really

I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.

John Bolton

Think Will Satisfied Simply Ruling

In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community.

Melissa Bean

Growth Business Community Job Small

I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world. Perhaps the music-lovers of some of our larger cities equal the English, but I do not believe they can be surpassed in that respect.

John Philip Sousa

Respect Best World Believe Equal

It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write.

Sufjan Stevens

You Say Places Way Write Hard

My recurring nightmare is that someday I will be faced with a panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all of whom will be telling me everything I got wrong about them. I know that Johnson's out there saying, 'Why is it that what you wrote about the Kennedys is twice as long as the book you wrote about me?'

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Me Book Saying Long You Wrong

I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common.

Clare Balding

School Think Common Like I Think

I'm the youngest of five kids, and I wanted attention. And in Santa Barbara, there was lots of theater going on, so for that area, it was a little bit like playing Little League baseball. There were dance classes, theater classes, and I just loved it.

Anthony Edwards

Dance Baseball Loved Attention Going

Mythological shows take a lot from you.

Shaheer Sheikh

You Take Lot Shows Mythological

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Thomas S. Monson

Integrity Respect Test Self-Respect

I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywhere.

Marissa Mayer

Simple Think Army You Want Knife

I often haven't heard the music since I've recorded it. I don't listen to it. When I do hear it, like at someone's house, I'll listen. I'm probably the most pleased with the stuff I did with New Grass Revival.

Leon Russell

Music Someone House New Grass Stuff