William Manchester Quotes

Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.

William Manchester

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 1, 1922 - June 1, 2004

Topics

DressAlwaysMessGuestsLittle

Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.

Jim Horning

HopeSimpleNothingWill

When I was very young, I started trying to sing like the great tenor Mario Lanza; my family used to play his records. We all learn best by imitating others.

Andrea Bocelli

FamilyGreatBestLearnTryingPlay

Play is the work of childhood.

Jean Piaget

WorkChildhoodPlay

Trust is a great force multiplier.

Tom Ridge

GreatTrustForce

I attended public school in Houston. I took piano lessons for several years, and in high school, I played trombone in the marching band. I remember especially enjoying two seasonal activities: ice skating with the Houston Figure Skating Club in the winter and visiting an aunt and uncle's farm in West Texas in the summer.

Robert Woodrow Wilson

WinterSchoolHigh SchoolTexasFarm

You certainly have a higher quality of life when you are not on the Forbes list. It just means that your security changes, and you're known for the wrong things.

Ronald Burkle

LifeQualityYouSecurityWrong

I know I've said it before in interviews, but the idea that all actors have their eye on some sort of prize - it being an Oscar, or fame, or whatever - not all actors I know are like that.

Ruth Negga

EyeKnowFameSaidWhateverPrize

We know even from ordinary life that we have to achieve a sufficient degree of attentiveness if we want to concentrate on an inner picture or an object of some kind; we must also have it in our power, though, to turn our soul away from something we have been concentrating on.

Rudolf Steiner

LifePowerSoulPictureAchieve

In my early years, I couldn't find a community. I couldn't find anybody like me. I felt so isolated. There was nothing but shame and loneliness.

Mary Gauthier

CommunityLonelinessMeEarlyFind

For the most part, people don't know who I am.

Jon Glaser

I AmPeopleKnowWhoMostPart

Basically, if reverse engineering is banned, then a lot of the open source community is doomed to fail.

Jon Johansen

CommunityEngineeringOpenFailThen

Everybody is going to have their own issues that they bring to the table, but for me, the best thing is just giving over to whatever is there and trusting whatever is there and enjoying it.

Johnny Simmons

BestMeGivingTableOverWhatever

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