Douglas Brinkley Quotes

When we settled our country, the dark forest was considered in some ways evil and something that you needed to plow or, later, bulldoze. We now have a new understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the need for bird flyways and why all species matter.

Douglas Brinkley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 14, 1960

Topics

BirdEvilForestUnderstandingYou

Physically, no one would ever consider me for the serial-killer lady.

Jennifer Coolidge

MeLadyWouldEverPhysically

I continue to vote against such spending increases, but sometimes I think some of my Republican colleagues forgot that we were sent here to shrink the federal government, not to grow it.

Jeff Miller

GovernmentColleaguesThinkGrow

When you don't play those big matches for a few years, it's tough to play back-to-back after that.

Stan Wawrinka

ToughYouPlayYearsBigThose

Liars hate silence, so they often try to fill it up by talking more than they need to. They provide far more information than was needed or asked for.

Travis Bradberry

HateSilenceTalkingInformationTry

When dogs fulfill their roles they are ecstatically happy.

Robert Crais

HappyDogsRolesFulfill

I have realised more and more that great companies, founded for a long-term purpose, such as Google or Facebook or SpaceX, may do more good in the world than any other vehicle that we have.

Luke Nosek

GoodGreatPurposeWorldGoogleMay

When I was a child and they burned me out of my home, I was frightened and I ran away. Eventually I ran far away. It was to a place called France. Many of you have been there, and many have not. But I must tell you, ladies and gentlemen, in that country I never feared. It was like a fairyland place.

Josephine Baker

HomeChildMeYouPlaceFar Away

Can't make your payments? No problem. The interest charges keep on coming. In fact, banks prefer it that way. More money for them. The government guarantees it.

Jonathan Raymond

MoneyGovernmentProblemWayMore

We are in a time, because of the proliferation of online media and a hundred channels on cable, where teenagers and young adults and eight- and nine-year-olds do not read enough. And the SAT is very unforgiving for students who do not read.

Jonathan Grayer

TimeEnoughMediaYoungChannels

I'm fortunate enough that I don't have to accept every movie that comes along.

Claudia Schiffer

EnoughAcceptFortunateAlongMovie

I love modeling.

Brooke Burke

LoveModelingI Love

I'm not a person who writes really abstract things with oblique references. I look at abstraction like I look at condiments. Give me some Tabasco sauce, some ketchup, some mayonnaise. I love all of that. Put it on a trumpet. I've just got to have the ketchup and Tabasco sauce. That's my attitude about musical philosophy.

Wynton Marsalis

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