Douglas Hyde Quotes

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.

Douglas Hyde

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: January 17, 1860 - July 12, 1949

Topics

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Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them.

Jim Davis

ArtCatsThoughtsYouBackFeelings

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated.

Jeff Bezos

MeMotivationEasyCommonCounting

I had written many things as a journalist, but I had no idea if I could write something scary or romantic or touching that wasn't me writing about someone else's life story. It was really exciting to try.

Jeff Giles

LifeRomanticMeWritingStoryTry

I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish.

Stephen King

GoodThoughtEnoughWherePublish

My poor children have been the subject of all of my experiments. We're still doing what I call 'Amish summers' where I turn off all electronics and pack away all their computers and stuff and watch them scream for a while until they settle down into, like, an electronic-free summer.

Shonda Rhimes

ChildrenComputersDoingDownSummer

If you say to a group of women professors, 'Close your eyes and think of a professor,' what they will see is a guy. I will. And I'll stop myself and think, 'Hey, hang on, what am I doing here?'

Mary Beard

WomenEyesMyselfThinkDoingYou

Deep down, I know that I am a child of God who has inherited divine capacities; some of them I strive to develop, others are left languishing. I also have a human side. I lose my temper, lose patience and sometimes judge others and myself.

Mary Manin Morrissey

PatienceGodMyselfI AmChildDeep

Austin sounds a little bit like Aston Martin, which is the type of car James Bond would drive.

Mike Myers

CarDriveBondLittleWouldAustin

Nobody's favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody's favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad to be sentimental in books?

Mitch Albom

SongStoryBadDarkNobodyWhy

And so there has been a lot of diplomatic movement.

Mitchell Reiss

MovementBeenLotDiplomatic

I couldn't speak English. I'm in kindergarten, and the only reason I got through to first grade is because I cheated.

Louis Zamperini

SpeakFirstReasonKindergartenGot

I was a schoolteacher for a while, and it was the worst job.

Diplo

JobWorstWhileSchoolteacher

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