Pete Seeger Quotes

Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent.

Pete Seeger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 3, 1919 - January 27, 2014

Topics

PeopleWorldDownKindAimOut

Like children all over the world, by the age of 10 I'd come to believe that most of the really humane creatures were not really human at all.

Andrew O'Hagan

AgeChildrenWorldBelieveHuman

Britain punches way above its weight in science, and I think we need to continue to do that, and anything that makes it easier to bring scientists in will be very welcome.

John O'Keefe

ScienceWelcomeThinkWillWayNeed

All tyrannies are virtuoso displays, over many years, of cunning, risk-taking, terror, delusion, narcissism, showmanship, and charm, distilled into a spectacle of total personal control.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

ControlPersonalOverYearsCharm

I'd like to be the next Oprah financially, but I'm not a TV actor. I'm not someone with an entertainment background, I'm a cop. And I'm not afraid to go anywhere and get down and dirty.

Steve Wilkos

SomeoneDirtyDownGoActorAfraid

What I tell my kids is, 'I'm preparing you for college and for life. So, having independence, knowing how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to make that balance. We still have screen-time rules.'

Michelle Obama

LifeBalanceCollegeIndependence

I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.

Judy Blume

ThankfulI AmBookThinkCherish

Just after writing those we were called up to defend a new position on the left, where the terrible storming of the bridge over the Antietam took place.

Joshua Chamberlain

BridgeWritingPlaceNewDefendUp

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

Christopher Hitchens

PurposeMeGentlemanBelieveYou

Illustrating is more about communicating specific ideas to a reader. Painting is more like pure science, more about the act of painting.

Shaun Tan

ScienceIdeasPaintingMorePure

I am grateful for any following and am always surprised by it!

June Whitfield

GratefulI AmAlwaysSurprisedAm

I used to object to being called an Indian writer, and would always say I was a writer who happened to be an Indian, and who happened to write about Indians.

James Welch

SayWriteAlwaysUsedHappened

The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.

Guy Lafleur

MoneyLongYouBringCrowdGive

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