Christopher Columbus Quotes

I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses.

Christopher Columbus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: October 31, 1451 - May 20, 1506

Topics

ManGlassLeatherSomethingDozen

Remember folks stop lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph.

Jim Samuels

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Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart.

Michael Ende

LifeHeartTimeHumanHuman Heart

By every measure, John Kennedy's sex life was compulsive and reckless. At one level, it had clear public consequences. Knowledge of Kennedy's behavior gave FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover absolute job security, as well as the potential power to derail Kennedy's re-election had he survived assassination.

Jeff Greenfield

LifeKnowledgePowerJobBehavior

People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors.

John Sweeney

PeopleCupGetSponsorsActually

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

St. Jerome

WarSurviveFriendsSeventyDead

I don't have the runs on the board to trash talk anyone in the boxing sense. I've got to do it the hard way and earn that respect.

Sonny Bill Williams

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I still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me.

Mike Myers

TimePoliceMeBelieveWillCome

I tend to tell stories that have a lot of momentum; it's not like 'and then months later...' I like things where the momentum of one action rolls into the next one so everything is the sum of that.

Joss Whedon

ActionMomentumNextEverythingTell

If I'm in the 'hood, I like Chef Creole's Haitian rice and stewed chicken.

DJ Khaled

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Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law.

Cory Gardner

EffortLawBorderSecurityFirst

The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.

Brigham Young

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I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.

Anne Rice

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