Thor Heyerdahl Quotes

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other.

Thor Heyerdahl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: norwegian
  • Birth: October 6, 1914 - April 18, 2002

Topics

NatureGoodLiveUglyFriendsEnemy

My nan tells me to eat her fish balls and not drink alcohol. I'd rather have the fish balls.

Jess Glynne

MeAlcoholFishDrinkBallsEat

The standard of 'affordable' housing is that which costs roughly 30 percent or less of a family's income. Because of rising housing costs and stagnant wages, slightly more than half of all poor renting families in the country spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing costs, and at least one in four spends more than 70 percent.

Matthew Desmond

FamilyCountryPoorHousingStagnant

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

John Steinbeck

PlaceRepublicBeenSyntaxHighest

My family are my priority but I've always had a strong work ethic and I like to be busy.

Amanda Holden

WorkFamilyBusyStrongWork Ethic

I wasn't really an old-time breakdown fiddler.

Johnny Gimble

BreakdownOld-TimeReallyFiddler

I love to do glamorous things, like wear Valentino.

Debra Messing

LoveGlamorousThingsWearLike

Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms.

Nicolaus Copernicus

OceanEarthForthEverywhereDeeper

I think most producers and MCs are constantly in this competition, but it's usually with yourself. It's usually wanting to be innovative: wanting to catch yourself when you're doing the same thing or throwing out the same art you've already done.

Ryan Lewis

ArtYourselfCompetitionThinkDoing

They do very classy, sexy television in the U.S. - and they pay a lot more, so there's always that draw!

Jamie Dornan

SexyTelevisionClassyMorePayLot

I think the worst kind of grief is unacknowledged grief.

Gerry Adams

GriefThinkKindWorstI Think

Doubt is the brother of shame.

Erik Erikson

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The condition of the physical body can affect the spirit.

Ezra Taft Benson

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