Douglass North Quotes

I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two ranches, first in northern California and then in the state of Washington.

Douglass North

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 5, 1920 - November 23, 2015

Topics

FriendFishingWashingtonHunting

Elizabeth Keckley was a woman of remarkable strength, courage, perseverance, and dignity. She was exceptionally talented, but also very diligent and ambitious, and together those qualities enabled her to deliver herself from slavery and become a successful businesswoman.

Jennifer Chiaverini

StrengthPerseveranceCourageWoman

There's a certain point in chemistry and in calculus where I reached the end of my abilities, and I realized, 'This is where I'm stupid.'

Andrew Sean Greer

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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

Maya Angelou

WorkLoveHopeCourageGreatLaugh

I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That's why we do theatre, it's because we love contact with the audience. We love the fact that the audience will change us. The way the audience responds makes us change our performance.

Simon Callow

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People can get information - on entertainment, politics, finance - much easier than before. That will change the way people do business, the way people live.

Robin Li

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I am happy with the way I hit the ball. There is a certain element of power into it but not completely. It is like 80 per cent timing and 20 per cent power. Why do I need power hitting when I can clear the ropes with timing?

Rohit Sharma

PowerI AmHappyI Am HappyI Can

Of all the people that I got a chance to meet as I was growing up, probably one of the most famous was Eddie Peabody. I saw him live in person when I was just a child, and that excited me to want to learn more.

Roy Clark

LiveChildPeopleMeGrowing Up

The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner.

Claude Nicollier

FutureSpaceWillMoreTelescope

A lot of artists get famous overseas first. I don't know what it is here. I have a large underground following in the U.S., but I don't get the airplay as much as I do in, say, Australia. Over there, they can play whatever they like, it seems, but not so much here.

Wynter Gordon

FamousPlayKnowSayAustraliaOver

I can't be bought with money. If someone calls me and asks me to work for them for three or four years, and they'll pay me well to build their vacation home, I ask myself why I should work three or four years on something like that.

Peter Zumthor

WorkHomeMyselfMoneyVacationMe

Every kid has something they're good at, that you hope they find and gravitate toward.

Tina Fey

GoodHopeYouFindKidSomething

In a digital world, there are numerous technologies that we are attached to that create infinite interruption.

Tim Ferriss

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