Joshua Chamberlain Quotes

But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought wider... That thought was our power.

Joshua Chamberlain

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 8, 1828 - February 24, 1914

Topics

PowerThoughtOurCauseHigher

You would not believe some of the scripts I have seen. I have read something like 160 that I've rejected, and I keep them all, for posterity.

Jerry Lewis

BelieveYouSeenSomethingPosterity

It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

John Henry Newman

MenBelievingTortureAbsurdArgue

Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back on recent presidents, and you'll find an absent, or weak, or failed father in the lives of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

Jeff Greenfield

LifeFatherChildThinkPowerful

But we got up there and decided to stick to this mix of power chords and funk and that's where it really started for us. In having the courage to take that decision. To take a gamble not just with our music but our lives.

Michael Hutchence

MusicPowerCourageDecisionUpUs

Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with the defeated genocide army to campaign freely for power.

Stephen Kinzer

PowerSpeakPoliticalArmyDefeated

I want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did.

Shonda Rhimes

WantHoustonSingAbleLikeDid

The nice thing about doing a weekly record is you're rehearsing all week and working on getting the script better. Come Friday, when it's time to actually film it, you feel like you've done most of the work!

Rory Kinnear

WorkTimeFridayBetterDoingYou

Those who rule data will rule the entire world.

Masayoshi Son

WorldDataWillRuleWhoThose

Men and women who decide to flirt with adultery just once can become enmeshed in misery and unhappiness for themselves and their precious families.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

WomenMenBecomeDecideFlirtJust

Writing in the electronic world, you imagine a sound, and then you have to go and find it. It's not like imagining a flute and then making that sound materialize. That's easy!

Christopher Young

WritingWorldEasyYouFindGo

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop. And you know that half an hour from now, you're still gonna be bombing. It takes a thick skin.

Christopher Walken

Keep GoingYouStopSkinKnowNow

You could not even pay anyone to say something bad about Bill.

Brandon Cruz

YouBadSayPaySomethingEven

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