Alistair Cooke Quotes

Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.

Alistair Cooke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 20, 1908 - March 30, 2004

Topics

LifePeopleGenerosityCuriosityOwn

It's great to have a great past and history. But it's even greater to have a good future. So the most important history is the history we make today.

Joe Kaeser

GoodFutureTodayHistoryGreat

Celebrity is a big part of the American social system. I'm certainly grateful for what it's done for me, but I do think that celebrity is overdone in our society. I think it's got a dangerous side to it.

Robert Redford

GratefulMeSocietyThinkAmerican

Not all the Americans in Iraq are those who torture and murder, or course they're not, I don't know how many are doing it, I know it is systematic throughout the United States military I think that's been revealed.

John Pilger

ThinkDoingKnowMilitaryTorture

I applaud the professional athletes using their platform to voice their opinions.

Stan Van Gundy

VoiceOpinionsProfessionalApplaud

There's a shift to mobile apps; I'd like to see a more pervasive communications experience, and I think Skype can contribute to that.

Tony Bates

ExperienceThinkMoreSkypeSee

E-cigarettes are a tobacco product.

Tom Frieden

ProductTobacco

One of the most important aspects of what makes us who we are is neither straight genes or straight environment but actually what happens to us during development.

Robert Winston

EnvironmentImportantDevelopmentUs

When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically - that's not how he was raised - he cared that it was the right thing to do.

Michelle Obama

HealthDayCareEasyListenRight

I'm more concerned with getting them to find and strengthen their original voice as writers rather than imposing my own subjective tastes, judgements or sensibility on the project.

Douglas Wood

VoiceFindMy OwnMoreProjectOwn

Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement?

Douglas Wilson

ExcitementGroundActOffInches

Escapism has its place. I used to write 'Conan the Barbarian' for Marvel, which takes place in an environment completely removed from the real world.

Christopher Priest

WorldEnvironmentPlaceWriteReal

People sometimes have a view of programming that is something solitary and very technical. But programming is among the most creative, expressive, and social careers.

Craig Federighi

CreativePeopleViewSometimesMost

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