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Arlen Specter Quotes

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

Arlen Specter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: February 12, 1930 - October 14, 2012

Topics

Time Intelligence Strong Independence

Birds and animals probably think without knowing that they think; that is, they have not self-consciousness. Only man seems to be endowed with this faculty; he alone develops disinterested intelligence, intelligence that is not primarily concerned with his own safety and well-being but that looks abroad upon things.

John Burroughs

Alone Intelligence Man Safety Birds

Managing forests, rivers, grasslands, and coral reefs in sustainable ways makes them more resilient and increases their ability to absorb greenhouse gases, which is good for business.

Johan Rockstrom

Good Business More Ability Rivers

If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies.

Jennifer Armintrout

Justice Diversity Social Justice Need

Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed - chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark hides, branching horns, or magnificent bole backbones.

John Muir

Fool Fun Trees Long Down Run

I'm a big believer in small, dark, cozy bedrooms. I would describe myself as introspective - I feel things first, and then I think them through - and I need the enveloping comfort of a little squirrel's nest when I have to retreat from the world to recharge.

Michael Bastian

Myself World Small Think Feel Dark

When that glass broke and 'Stone Cold' was making an entrance, and that roof blew off that building, that sends you higher than life or anything that I know of. It's an adrenaline rush you can't explain.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Life Building Cold You Stone Know

It's reached this point where people are fascinated by every intricate detail of other people's lives. And some people are willing to give up their lives like that.

Sienna Miller

People Detail Some People Point Up

A comedy scene can't really have two weirdoes in it. It doesn't make any sense that way, so you need someone to ground it and call out what's unusual about this person and this scene. Early on, I got pretty good at doing that, and I felt pretty comfortable doing that.

Rob Huebel

Good Comedy Someone Doing You Early

Random people, celebrities of note come to your shows over the years, and I've had some really strange ones. Like the guy from Kiss. Gene Simmons has literally been in the audience at my shows, like, four times. I don't know if he knows me; he's just a big fan of comedy.

Mike Birbiglia

Kiss People Me Random Comedy Know

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sad Art Sun Limits Proud Better

Everyone has days when things can go wrong. That doesn't make you a bad pastry chef - that makes you human.

Johnny Iuzzini

Chef You Bad Wrong Go Human

Schools serving disadvantaged students need more time to help these students catch up and gain the core academic skills they will need to succeed in our economy and society.

Chris Gabrieli

Time Succeed Society Help Skills