Robert A. Dahl Quotes

Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things to different people at different times and places.

Robert A. Dahl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 17, 1915 - February 5, 2014

Topics

HistoryPeopleDemocracyConfusion

I think mental illness or madness can be an escape also. People don't develop a mental illness because they are in the happiest of situations, usually. One doctor observed that it was rare when people were rich to become schizophrenic. If they were poor or didn't have too much money, then it was more likely.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

MoneyPeopleDoctorRichThinkPoor

You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.

Stephane Mallarme

WordsPoetryIdeasYouPoemMake

People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' as an English band but I've clung to my American-ness all the way.

Stewart Copeland

PolicePeopleAmericanWayBand

Without sound conservation and management measures, fisheries will quickly become depleted and a basic component of global food security will be lost.

Sigmar Gabriel

FoodManagementSecurityLostBecome

If my sisters like something I do, then I'm very happy with it. I only listen to my sisters!

Tony Rock

HappyListenSomethingOnlyLike

Often we eat squid fried, so it's fun to grill it for a change. To grill squid, slice the cleaned bodies open into two flat pieces and thread them, along with the tentacles, onto skewers, then grill quickly over a direct fire with the coals as close as possible to the grate, turning the squid several times.

Tom Douglas

ChangeFireFunPossibleOverEat

I love the writing of Walter Tevis and what he views as the possibilities of science rather than science fiction.

Roger Deakins

LoveScienceWritingPossibilities

I like to believe that everyone is born with the same skill set, and that it is the influences that one comes upon.

Ron Perlman

BelieveBornSkillSameEveryone

Being a nurturer isn't being a moron.

Judy Sheindlin

BeingMoron

I know people are looking at what's happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.

Julia Gillard

PeopleLookingWorryLookKnow

The fight in theatre is focus, focus, focus.

Judy Gold

FocusFightTheatre

When I listen to Amy Winehouse, I believe that her heart and soul is in the music, or if I listen to other British artists like Duffy or Estelle. The aesthetic of it is different, and it's my point of view. It's not anything formulaic.

Jay-Z

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