Thomas Bulfinch Quotes

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.

Thomas Bulfinch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 15, 1796 - May 27, 1867

Topics

KnowledgeLanguageLiteratureElegant

I never expected the White House to be warm, and the artwork on the walls was extraordinary. I am a fan of the Louvre, but being there it was almost just as good.

Jill Scott

GoodWallsI AmWarmHouseWhite

I have become quite good at repurposing and reusing much of what comes into the house. The goal is to generate as little waste as possible.

Anna Getty

GoodHouseGoalBecomePossible

Serious journalism need not be solemn.

Russell Baker

JournalismSeriousNeedSolemn

I was seventeen when I moved to New York. I was nineteen when I joined the main company. I was going through a lot. Just becoming an adult and just wanting to fit in, be accepted, and be in common with the other dancers.

Misty Copeland

New YorkNewCompanyDancersGoing

They say that shadows of deceased ghosts Do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose life's lamp went untimely out, Delighting still in their forsaken hosts.

Joshua Sylvester

LifeShadowsSayThey SayOutLamp

I feel very strongly about contraception even though I know people say that, as a good Catholic girl, I shouldn't. But I disagree because I think one of the keys to women's progression in the 20th century is being able to control their fertility.

Cherie Blair

GoodWomenGirlPeopleControlFeel

I've been very lucky, this is my 30th year on TV.

Craig Charles

YearLuckyBeenTVVery

By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow.

Brian Ferneyhough

WeirdReasonInstructionsTranslation

One of Ed Miliband's shadow ministers has said he would never vote for the renewal of Trident.

Nicola Sturgeon

ShadowSaidVoteNeverRenewalHe

The first education to be a good chemist is to do well in high school science courses. Then, you go to college to really become a chemist. You want to take science and math. Those are the main things.

Mario J. Molina

EducationGoodScienceSchoolYou

I don't actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally, I am not recognized; people don't throw their panties at me. I'm a perfectly normal person sitting in my den just doing my job.

Linus Torvalds

JobI AmPeopleMeDoingYear

People always go, 'Damn, how you got all this happening at once?' I tell them it's the Chicago in me.

Lena Waithe

PeopleMeYouGoChicagoDamn

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