Annie Besant Quotes

'Easter' is a movable event, calculated by the relative positions of sun and moon, an impossible way of fixing year by year the anniversary of a historical event, but a very natural and indeed inevitable way of calculating a solar festival. These changing dates do not point to the history of a man, but to the hero of a solar myth.

Annie Besant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 1, 1847 - September 20, 1933

Topics

HistoryHeroAnniversaryManSun

Our country is not in crisis; there are no tanks in the streets. No matter what the outcome of the president's situation, life in America will go on. Our lives will continue to be filled with practical matters, not constitutional ones.

Jennifer Dunn

LifeAmericaSituationCountryGo

Science fiction is about things that plausibly might happen. Grounding my work in the real world helps make that clear.

Robert J. Sawyer

WorkScienceWorldScience Fiction

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

Siobhan Fahey

LovePeopleGayHumourSenseIcons

Business practices and how we treat the planet are also in desperate need of re-humanization.

Simon Mainwaring

BusinessTreatNeedPlanetDesperate

At Manchester United, we play to win. That's my first mentality when I get onto the pitch. Then everything else comes with it.

Romelu Lukaku

WinPlayFirstEverythingMentality

I think we fall in love and become adults and become citizens in a way by writing stories about ourselves.

Mary Karr

LoveWritingThinkFallWayBecome

I sometimes think of not doing Twitter or Facebook anymore, but that's how people find their favorite bands and comedians.

Mike Birbiglia

PeopleThinkDoingFindSometimes

After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

TimeMyselfInfluenceFreeBattle

When I was a kid, I couldn't see life outside ramen noodles and Kool-Aid.

Jason Reynolds

LifeOutsideKidSeeNoodles

When you're 14, 15, the most important thing in your life should be education, because that's what's going to set you up for success as an adult. So if coming out now will hinder your education, maybe we take some time to think about whether the time is right or not. Those are my concern.

Wilson Cruz

LifeEducationSuccessTimeThink

Bin Laden studied economics and public administration before he turned to a life of jihad.

Peter Bergen

LifeEconomicsAdministrationHeBin

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.

Lindsey Vonn

TryingMedalsGetFiveMichael

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