Dorothea Dix Quotes

Why not, when it can be done without exposure or expense, let me rescue some of America's miserable children from vice and guilt?

Dorothea Dix

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 4, 1802 - July 17, 1887

Topics

ChildrenMeAmericaGuiltDoneWhy

I like driving; I don't drive since I live in New York. I don't have an opportunity to drive, like, ever.

Jesse Eisenberg

LiveOpportunityNew YorkDriveNew

In many ways, Obama is America's first truly digital president. His 2008 campaign relied heavily on social media to lift him out of obscurity.

Jenna Wortham

Social MediaAmericaMediaLiftOut

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Andre Maurois

MarriageDayEvery DaySuccessful

I do feel it's hard to be modest and humble and egoless when people are telling you you are so great and wanting to give you prizes and energy. I'm trying hard not to be an awful, narcissistic human being.

Angela Duckworth

GreatHumblePeopleEnergyFeelYou

Having spent almost two decades setting up and running Fortis, our mission of saving and enriching lives is an integral part of my being. Over time, this has inspired me to do more direct service and give back to society a little of what I have received in abundance.

Shivinder Mohan Singh

TimeServiceMeSocietyMissionUp

40 years old is about the time a principal dancer would start to think about retirement, but some go on to dance a little bit longer than that.

Misty Copeland

TimeDanceStartThinkRetirement

You not only have to box smart, you have to be ruthless in the ring.

Joseph Parker

SmartYouRingBoxRuthlessOnly

I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.

Joni Mitchell

RespectTimeWorldYouSeeI See

When they're growing up, if you tell kids God exists, they believe it. It's the same with the techno-cultural society. They believe in it - that it's the road to paradise, that there are no limits.

Douglas Tompkins

GodGrowing UpSocietyRoadBelieve

To this day, I am so grateful I grew up in Rochester, New York.

Donna Lynne Champlin

DayGratefulI AmNew YorkNewUp

Campaign boot camp started as an opportunity to work in a grassroots way with people who were running for Congress. Colleagues on the Democratic National Committee were batting around different possibilities. I said, 'We should have boot camps.'

Christine Pelosi

WorkOpportunityPeopleColleagues

I've been told that I overshare. Sometimes I get criticized for it, but how else would I be if not all of me?

Bozoma Saint John

MeSometimesGetBeenWouldHow

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