Townsend Harris Quotes

Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed.

Townsend Harris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 3, 1804 - February 25, 1878

Topics

FirstTwoOrderThingsMayCommerce

What is so weird is that young people who want to be 'celebrities' do not want to put in the hard work. They don't want to do the training, go to drama school, read Shakespeare, try different accents and study technique. They just want to be famous. It is not just in England; it's the same in America and all over Europe.

Joan Collins

WorkHard WorkTrainingSchoolWeird

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

Mel Brooks

FunnyComedyDieYouFallTragedy

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

John Mortimer

TragedyMinuteThousandPlayedFarce

I've gotten out of bed a lot of days for a lot less than $10,000.

Amber Valletta

BedOutDaysThanLessLot

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo.

Soren Kierkegaard

LifeGreatThoughtsIntellectual

When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?

Rita Moreno

TimeWarPeopleYouLast TimeSaw

I am perfectly happy to believe that nobody likes us but the public.

Rudolf Bing

I AmHappyBelieveNobodyUsLikes

I love getting into a studio with a bunch of friends. When the day's done, we've made something. We recognize that we're from different walks of the music industry, and there's no reason we shouldn't be collaborating. That's what I'm trying to create with thenewno2 - a sense of community.

Dhani Harrison

LoveMusicCommunityDayFriends

The force I represent is Virginia's New Mainstream. It looks forward, not backwards. It tries to unify people, not divide them.

Douglas Wilder

PeopleForwardLooksNewBackwards

It is sensible of me to be aware that I will die one of these days. I will not 'pass away.'

Donald Hall

MeDieWillDaysPassAware

What do you think Jesus would twitter, 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone' or 'Has anyone seen Judas? He was here a minute ago.'

Chris Cornell

ThinkYouStoneSinFirstWithout

You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.

Anthony Daniels

PeopleThoughtYouGoKnowConcert

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