Ruth Benedict Quotes

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.

Ruth Benedict

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 5, 1887 - September 17, 1948

Topics

WarFindWillBearAlwaysBecause

You are defined by who you are, by your choices in life, in all regards, not just in doing movies.

Andy Garcia

LifeChoicesDoingYouMoviesJust

When my father started talking about strip mining in the Appalachia back in the '60s, I remember a conversation I had with him where he said, you know, this is the richest state in the country if you look at the resources and the land, but the poorest people after the state of Mississippi: the 49th poorest people in the country.

Robert Kennedy, Jr.

FatherPeopleTalkingRememberLook

I write autobiographically, although I apply liberal amounts of poetic license.

Michael Franks

WriteLiberalLicenseApplyI Write

I never promised you a rose garden.

Traian Basescu

RoseYouGardenNeverPromised

It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

LifeWorkPeopleInterestingLeft

I got stuck up a tree when I was about seven, and my dad had to come and get the ladder to get me down. I loved to climb all the way up to the top. I must have been a koala in my past life.

Miranda Kerr

LifeTreePastMeClimbLoved

I am one of those artists who knows where their money is. I pay my bills; I take care of my mama. I handle my business. I am a businessman. I go to meetings and take care of things, so it's a lot more than just partying and turning up.

Juicy J

BusinessMoneyI AmCareMeetings

I'm not sure it's the stimulus money that will necessarily allow the economy to recover. It will help to fortify our budgets, frankly, to ensure that there isn't as much backsliding in the areas of education and healthcare, for example.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

EducationMoneyHelpHealthcareWill

Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God.

Don Rickles

LoveGodHumorThank GodFriends

If you're a girl, you're always Daddy's little girl. You're vulnerable, no matter how worldly or sophisticated or strong you'd become along the way. My dad Lionel let me know how proud he was, even as he kept me from being too big for my britches.

Donna Brazile

GirlMeProudStrongYouKnow

With the newspapers cheering, Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt chose a top-notch regiment of more than 1,250 men. They were first called Teddy's Texas Tarantulas and went through three or four other monikers until Roosevelt's Rough Riders stuck.

Douglas Brinkley

MenTexasThreeMoreFirstThrough

I drove motorcycles through college. I didn't have the money to buy a car.

Chuck Liddell

CarMoneyCollegeThroughBuyDrove

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