Townsend Harris Quotes

We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries.

Townsend Harris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CountryPresidentWelfareDifferent

We all control our careers. Those choices that you make are so critical.

Angela Ahrendts

ControlChoicesYouCriticalOur

My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.

Jeanette Winterson

ConnectedAlwaysImageBeginBooks

I think the word 'freedom' is beautiful, not so much in its phonics, but just in the power of the word itself.

Sue Monk Kidd

FreedomPowerBeautifulThinkJust

No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English.

Robertson Davies

PeopleWorldSmallFeelYouEnglish

We must regain the confidence and drive to decide our own destiny.

Roh Moo-hyun

ConfidenceDriveDestinyDecideOwn

Touching on universality is an important part of effective storytelling, but the problem with cliches is that they are tired and dull. And that's where writers must try to be artful.

Miguel Syjuco

TiredProblemImportantStorytelling

It takes me 10 minutes to get ready to go out, and that includes the shower.

Josh Brolin

MeReadyGoOutShowerGet

When you're hot, you stride confidently down the street, extending your form to hail a taxi to take you from place to place. My body is designed for squeezing into packed subway cars and apologizing to those whose feet I clumsily step on.

Josh Gondelman

StepFeetYouBodyDownPlace

I don't like to do much with my hair - which is good, because I don't know how! I just always make sure I have a great haircut.

Chyler Leigh

GoodGreatHairHaircutKnowAlways

I don't want to be the mayor of New Jersey.

Brian Fallon

NewWantNew JerseyMayorJersey

The Internet is part of this ongoing, species-long project we've been working on since we climbed down out of the trees in the savanna. We've been working on it without really knowing it.

William Gibson

TreesInternetDownKnowingProject

States should pass laws making it illegal to own or trade wild animals; the phony 'educational' permits that many private owners have used to skirt those laws should be eliminated.

Susan Orlean

AnimalsWildOwnUsedTradeLaws

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