Douglas Southall Freeman Quotes

Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.

Douglas Southall Freeman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 16, 1886 - June 13, 1953

Topics

CharacterTruthManFactsYouGo

I'm trying to get into the best shape of my life for 40.

Jillian Michaels

LifeBestMy LifeTryingShapeGet

It proved to me, though, that comedy is so much harder.

Jenna Elfman

MeComedyHarderThoughMuchProved

I lean toward anything with a dark sense of humor. And since I've been out of school, the majority of my books have been contemporary; basically, I like my characters to have electricity - even better, a TV.

Andrea Seigel

HumorSchoolBetterElectricityDark

I'm very encouraged by millennials and their drive to make the world a better place.

John Mackey

WorldDriveBetterPlaceMillennials

The only good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven't seen in a long time.

Robert Goulet

GoodTimeOld FriendsGreenFriends

I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.

Sting

FitnessDayRunThroughMilesUsed

When women are stressed, they either eat too much and get fat, or they eat not so much and get thin, and the latter is what happens to me.

Shirley Eaton

WomenMeFatToo MuchEatStressed

The French, not the Americans, commissioned 'Einstein on the Beach.'

Robert Wilson

BeachFrenchCommissionedEinstein

I think you make better jokes when you don't break logic for the joke, unless you make a movie just about jokes.

Michael Lehmann

ThinkBetterLogicYouJokesBreak

Every song is different.

Dimebag Darrell

SongDifferentEvery

Children are very cruel, yes. Of course. Children are extraordinarily cruel little creatures.

Dennis Potter

ChildrenYesLittleCruelCourse

Each day we understand better what the Indians say, and they us, so that very often we are intelligible to each other.

Christopher Columbus

DayBetterSayUnderstandUsVery

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