William Wordsworth Quotes

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.

William Wordsworth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 7, 1770 - April 23, 1850

Topics

BeautyMindPerceptionDignityKnow

I think I have good judgment.

Jim Finks

GoodThinkJudgmentGood Judgment

We didn't have any solution to the world's problems. I mean, we were trying to grow up in a socialist way to some future where the world might be less of a miserable place than it is.

Joe Strummer

FutureWorldProblemsGrowSolution

The environment that we call society is created by past generations; we accept it, as it helps us to maintain our greed, possessiveness, illusion.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

PastSocietyGreedEnvironmentUs

I watch Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and Chris Matthews. That's what I watch every night. By the time I've watched them, I don't have time to watch reality TV shows.

Andre Leon Talley

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When I started to sing, my mother would have me engaged to perform at the Women's Christian Temperance Union national or annual meetings. I would hate doing this because I wanted to play baseball or go off skiing.

Maureen Forrester

MotherWomenHateBaseballMeDoing

We know that over a billion people live in poverty around the world, and most of them are women and girls. If we can improve their lives, that has a positive effect on their communities, on their families, on their countries.

Jeanne Shaheen

PositiveWomenLivePeopleWorld

I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no theory that I was out to prove.

Tom Peters

WorkSearchDoingPlanProveOut

There is a certain sense in which I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there by chance.

Roger Penrose

PurposeChanceUniverseSaySense

I have two brothers, and we used to always laugh at oblivious people. People who are so cocky and full of themselves that they just don't realize how stupid they are. And those kind of idiots really make me laugh.

Rob Huebel

PeopleMeStupidLaughKindCocky

Fueled by the kindness and generosity of strangers, 'Food for the Poor' builds houses for people.

Mike Gallagher

KindnessFoodPeopleGenerosityPoor

Has anybody seen 'The Notebook' and not cried? I don't know, I don't know if that's the case. It sort of hangs around for a while.

Domhnall Gleeson

KnowSeenNotebookAroundAnybody

Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.

Donnie Yen

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