Bruce Catton Quotes

To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson.

Bruce Catton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 9, 1899 - August 28, 1978

Topics

GoodWorldLearnLessonImportant

Life has an interesting way of teaching even the most powerful people that joy from wealth is fleeting at best.

Anand Mahindra

LifeBestJoyPeoplePowerfulWay

We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to be in the way of intelligence capabilities, not today but 15 to 20 years in the future.

Stephen Cambone

FutureTodayIntelligenceThinkWay

I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order.

Mike Pence

ChristianConservativeRepublican

I view myself as having an adversarial approach to the media.

Mike Cernovich

The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.

Lois Capps

ValueResearchMoreStemAcknowledge

I want to be the voice of the people; black, white, everyday, oppressed people. A person trying to make it and to do it right.

Common

PeopleVoiceBlackTryingPerson

You can tell if someone's into you. You can feel the chemistry.

Bradley Cooper

FeelSomeoneYouChemistryTell

The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right.

Scott Stapp

LifeMusicCommunityStruggleWant

My goal is to make fine art, and fine art comes from the soul. If you have virtuosity and facility, you can take and create something of significance.

Richard MacDonald

ArtSoulYouGoalCreateSomething

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.

Marion Ross

WorkGoNowMoviesUpContract

In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories.

Kim Edwards

GoodBeautifulWordsPoetryWriting

When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my new consciousness, my new age, with roles that reflected it somewhat.

Julie Christie

AgeWomanBackNewYoungMeet

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