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Josiah Strong Quotes

Long before the thousand millions are here, the mighty centrifugal tendency, inherent in this stock and strengthened in the United States, will assert itself.

Josiah Strong

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: clergyman
Nationality: american
Birth: 1847 - 1916

Topics

Long Will Mighty United Here Before

I feel like the world gets so consumed and gobbled up by action, and the pace of life is so frantic, and people feel like, in order to move somebody, you have to do something shocking or violent or something insane and fast.

Jim James

Life People World Action Feel You

Allowing alternative narrative modes in popular entertainment may seem obvious, yet when you turn a pilot into the people upstairs and the main character isn't after what she wants by the top of page two, you get treated as if you've failed at writing.

Andrea Seigel

Character People Writing You Page

Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with it, the studio's gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that's left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago.

Tom Waits

Time Travel Forward Musicians Bubble

I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust.

Ruth J. Simmons

Trust Feel Say Responsible How

I'm not always 'Dominick Cruz, Tough Guy.' Depression runs in my bloodline.

Dominick Cruz

Depression Tough Always Tough Guy

I have got good films, and I am thankful to Aditya Chopra. He put a lot of faith in me.

Anushka Sharma

Good Faith Thankful I Am Me Got

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

Woodrow Wilson

Challenge Men Brave Overcome Only

Old age is a woman's hell.

Ninon de L'Enclos

Age Woman Old Age Hell Old

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

Hesiod

Work Idleness Disgrace Which

No design, no matter how common or seemingly insignificant, is without its adamant critics as well as its ardent admirers.

Henry Petroski

Design Matter Critics Without Well

In '82, I was a little too young, I was a little inexperienced, and I was more concerned with going the distance in the fight than going out and taking Holmes out.

Gerry Cooney

Fight Distance Young More Out Going

My favourite two festivals have always been the Big Day Out and Summersonic in Japan. The Big Day Out is a little more fun because it lasts longer. It's like an abbreviated version of the Warped tour because you get to play with the same people every day, which is really fun.

Gerard Way

Day Fun People Festivals You Play