Thor Heyerdahl Quotes

One learns more from listening than speaking. And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls.

Thor Heyerdahl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureLiveWallsPeopleWindMore

The true Negro does not want integration... He realizes his potential is far better among his own race.

Jerry Falwell

PotentialBetterWantTrueRaceOwn

Sometimes the biggest statements you can make are by living something out.

Andre Ward

YouSometimesLivingOutSomething

I've never been to film school. I had to leave this country to make a film. All they would let me do in Hollywood was be a messenger.

Melvin Van Peebles

SchoolMeCountryHollywoodNever

I grew up in the city of Detroit, where a lot of people didn't have work opportunities, but they were good, hard-working people, including I had a single mom who took care of me and my brother.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

WorkGoodBrotherPeopleCityMom

When I was little, I had a feeling that I was going to end up being an actress. I spent a lot of time alone, I was a very shy girl, and I would pretend I was telling someone about this new role that I got.

Summer Glau

GirlAloneTimeEndSomeoneNew

I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation.

Simin Daneshvar

WomenValueWorldWishKnowRun

I know what it takes to make a band, how they should interact, what makes a record sound like it's a band - everything having to do with a band, I happen to be into.

Steven Van Zandt

KnowBandSoundEverythingHappen

Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

Truman Capote

LifeNatureLoveLove IsChain

Everything in Wagner's work - the music, the acting, the staging - stemmed from the text. Everything served to interpret the text.

Robert Wilson

WorkMusicActingEverythingText

The conditions for harassment are built into the very structure of the trucking business, beginning with the training process.

Mary Pilon

BusinessBeginningTrainingProcess

I was the CEO of Justin.tv, and my cofounders were senior engineers there. We came up with the idea at Justin.tv in the fall of 2010.

Michael Seibel

FallEngineersSeniorUpCEOIdea

I don't keep any copy of my books around... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them.

Ludwig Bemelmans

MeWritingCopyDoneFinishKick

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