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William O. Douglas Quotes

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.

William O. Douglas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: judge
Nationality: american
Birth: October 16, 1898 - January 19, 1980

Topics

Freedom Alone Beginning Right Indeed

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Strength Man Be True True Where Who

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

Nature Time Water Day Sky Lie

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.

Me Book Long I Can Write First

I was always frightened by taverns. They just seemed like very unpleasant places to go.

Go Places Always Just Like Very

Those of us who were lucky enough to be born in the right countries have a moral obligation to reduce poverty and ill health in the world.

Health World Enough Poverty Born Us

I have a treasure trove of Baker memories, all of which reinforce my sense of Howard Baker as one of the most decent people with whom I have worked. While I was simply a young staffer, he never treated me or my colleagues as anything else but equals.

Memories People Me Colleagues Young

What I thought was fascinating about comparative religion was that these were the stories that humans have told themselves about where they come from, who they are and where they're going, and what it means to be alive on the planet.

Religion Thought Alive Planet Going

That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun.

Success Fun Key Key To Success

The movies that I love and model after, like 'Annie Hall,' 'When Harry Met Sally,' and in particular for me, 'Broadcast News,' are the tone of life, which isn't a setup punch-line every two minutes.

Life Love Me News Movies Two

You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

Anger You Ahead Get Cannot Even

It is better to give then to lend, and it costs about the same.

Better Same Give Costs About Then

The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.

You Go Danger Web Idea Minutes

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