Cleveland Abbe Quotes

My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs.

Cleveland Abbe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 3, 1838 - December 29, 1916

Topics

LifeGreatIgnoranceNew YorkCity

I like 'X Factor' as much as the next person, but I do get overwhelmed with the amount of reality TV. It's such cheap programming and such a load of rubbish, most of it.

Joanne Froggatt

RealityPersonCheapOverwhelmedGet

Since 2006, we have surpassed Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California in oil production to become the second largest oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas. In 2012, North Dakota produced more than 245 million barrels of oil and provided nearly 11 percent of all U.S. output.

John Hoeven

TexasBecomeOilMoreCalifornia

'Sag Harbor' brought me a new readership - it's a coming of age tale about growing up in the '80s.

Matthew Desmond

AgeMeGrowing UpNewGrowingUp

Meredith Vieira warms my heart.

Matt Lauer

Heart

Drawings don't have a point. Cartoons, you want to have an opinion; you want them to express a viewpoint.

Steve Breen

OpinionYouWantPointCartoons

Everybody grows in their own way.

Robbie Robertson

WayOwnGrowsEverybody

Breaking Bad' gave me a career. It gave me more work than I could possibly imagine - I started filming it when I was 14 years old, and I finished when I was turning 21.

RJ Mitte

WorkMeBadCareerMoreOld

Some people have career plans, long-range career plans. I don't know anything about that. I'm no good at it.

Ry Cooder

GoodPeopleCareerKnowPlansSome

There is always going to be that luxury customer out there. I have clients who buy $10,000 dresses and clients who buy $60 dresses. It's not so much about the money. Design is a mentality.

Jason Wu

MoneyDesignCustomerLuxuryClients

Everyone has an opinion when it comes to immigration - strong, intense opinions.

Jose Antonio Vargas

OpinionStrongImmigrationOpinions

In this business, if you take too long, the landscape changes. So the opportunities that were there when I decided to take a break weren't there when I came back. It's like, 'Wait a second - what happened here?' It was a real learning experience. I've paid my dues, I will tell you that.

Chris O'Donnell

LearningBusinessExperienceWait

Growing up, my earliest memories are listening to Sinatra Christmas albums.

Brendon Urie

MemoriesGrowing UpListeningGrowing

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