Dorothea Dix Quotes

Time passed solely in the pursuit of pleasure leaves no solid enjoyment for the future; but from the hours you spend in reading and studying useful books, you will gather a golden harvest in future years.

Dorothea Dix

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FutureTimeReadingYouHarvest

I don't think I'll ever be a housewife.

Jessica Williams

ThinkHousewifeEver

I'm supposed to say, Bill O'Reilly, that's immoral - click - and then walk back in and book his A block the next day and have a fine day and everything be kosher? I don't think so.

Andrea Mackris

WalkDayBookThinkBackSay

It's funny because TV wasn't something that I wanted to do. I wanted to do movies. I'd said a lot of no's to a lot of shows previously because I couldn't fathom being on a show for such a long time and only doing one thing.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

FunnyTimeDoingLongLong Time

I'm one of those performers who has done just about everything except juggle, and I'm working on that.

Rita Moreno

DoneEverythingWorkingJustWho

Sometimes I regret that the wonderful children's stories that have been made into movies were - people no longer read 'The Wizard of Oz'; they think they know the story. They don't know anything about all the bits and pieces they had to leave out.

Robin Hobb

ChildrenPeopleRegretStoryThink

There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with.

Michael Pollan

NatureCultureProgressWilderness

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.

Judy Holliday

LearningBusinessMyselfExperience

True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.

Jose Bergamin

ArtAttentionTrueOrderAttract

My first ambition in life, I made up my mind I was going to become Miles Davis. I studied music, music theory. I played trumpet for nine years. One day, my mother explained, 'You can't be Miles Davis. There's one, and he's got that job.'

Chris Gardner

LifeMotherMusicDayJobMind

I look for friends who make me laugh.

Christian Lacroix

MeLaughFriendsLookMake Me Laugh

California has set up regional collection offices around the world, staffed by California employees, specifically for out of state California businesses to collect the money and bring it back to California.

Craig Benson

MoneyWorldEmployeesBackOutUp

As any female executive with a family knows, you're making mental lists all through the night. You're often not sure you've managed to sleep at all.

Bonnie Hammer

FamilySleepNightYouThroughSure

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