Alistair Cooke Quotes

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.

Alistair Cooke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FriendBestChildFreeYouFeeling

I don't really want to talk about relationships because it lets people into stuff. I'm not on Facebook for that reason.

Jodie Whittaker

PeopleWantRelationshipsTalkStuff

I support firefighters.

Jesse Spencer

SupportFirefighters

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.

Meister Eckhart

InspirationalHeartSoulYourselfGo

We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries.

John McCarthy

SocialismCapitalismStageModern

If you're going to see 'City of Ghosts' because you want to understand everything about the Syrian conflict and how to fix it, then it's the wrong film to see.

Matthew Heineman

CityConflictYouWrongUnderstand

I don't really care to be a movie star.

Michael Horse

CareStarMovie StarMovieReally

Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

Amanda Lindhout

TravelMeHardBecauseVitalPlane

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Ronald Reagan

ResponsibilityGovernmentBabyEnd

Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed.

Romano Prodi

RichYoungPoorOldDividedUs

If you've been playing for a few years, especially in a group context, you'll see if you have the ability or the passion to want to carry on. It's something that you have to be dedicated to and you've got to love, no matter what happens.

Mick Taylor

LovePassionYouWantGroupMatter

I know that some people think differently about pilots, but I really enjoyed shooting 'Awakening'.

Lucy Griffiths

PeopleThinkKnowSome PeoplePilots

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.

Dean Koontz

WriteReasonEqualOriginalIdea

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