Alistair Cooke Quotes

These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they become the more they look like lab assistants in small colleges.

Alistair Cooke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Well, in the past, the size of government was one of the more fundamental dividing lines between Right and Left. The Right was supposed to represent the small government philosophy - limited spending, low taxes. Obviously, things have shifted.

Andrew Sullivan

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The Framers of the Constitution wisely understood that constitutional principles must not be sacrificed on the altar of political appeasement.

Max Baucus

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I feel the symbolic world is the nub of a problem for an artist.

Anish Kapoor

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I like North Florida because it's much wilder than the rest of the state.

Jeff Vandermeer

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Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

John Tyler

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Caring - about people, about things, about life - is an act of maturity.

Tracy McMillan

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Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires.

Simon Rattle

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I was born with a fierce need for independence.

Michelle Williams

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Managerial and professional people hadn't really used computers, hadn't sat down at keyboards, until personal computers. Personal computers have a totally different feel.

Mitch Kapor

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I would say 90 percent of Christians do not have a worldview, in other words a view of the world, based on the Scripture and a relationship with God.

Josh McDowell

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The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God.

Donald Trump

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Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.

Arthur Smith

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