Joseph Conrad Quotes

For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.

Joseph Conrad

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: polish
  • Birth: December 3, 1857 - August 3, 1924

Topics

LoveSeaManSongSaidNever

At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

Jimmy Carter

WorkSupportOppressionHumanHeroes

We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed.

Jerry Only

ParentsProblemNowStealingKids

My high school experience was kind of like 'Mean Girls.' It was very much like a bad B movie. 'This is where the jocks sit, and this is where the cheerleaders sit.' And I never really fit in. I guess I was sort of a theatre geek, but the activity that I was most invested in was speech and debate.

Andie MacDowell

ExperienceSchoolTheatreHigh School

I've been really lucky when it comes to casting kids, and I don't particularly like child actors. Too often, they just show up, and they've had whatever real innocence that's in a child just beaten out of them. They start to perform for you, and you can just see it coming. It's no good.

Jeff Nichols

GoodChildStartInnocenceYouSee

In a marriage, every fight is the same fight, over and over again, in different forms.

Jeff Bridges

MarriageFightSameOverDifferent

I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.

Michael J. Fox

FunnyMorningWomanSundayJewish

If the modes are changing, one goes along with it, I guess.

Amitabh Bachchan

AlongChangingGuessGoesModes

My hope is to create spaces where people of all stripes can come together and speak at a lower decibel level. We make more sense that way. We sound more like our real selves that way.

Tracy K. Smith

HopeTogetherPeopleSpeakCreate

When I was 7, an old lady was driving too fast in my neighborhood and hit me with her car. I was running out of the house, and when I got halfway into the street, my mom saw the car and yelled for me to run back. As I turned around the car hit me, dragged me five houses down the road, and I fractured my collarbone.

Rutina Wesley

CarMeMomRoadDrivingHouse

People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.

Russell Brand

TruthPeopleWindowsOutBecause

I want to say that nobody accuses their parents of abusing them without justification to do that. I didn't just make it up. A lot of things were true and abusive and horrible things that happened to me that my father did.

Roseanne Barr

FatherParentsMeNobodyWantTrue

Institutions need a lifetime to realize their potential.

Roshni Nadar

PotentialRealizeNeedLifetime

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