Thomas Jefferson Quotes

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Thomas Jefferson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826

Topics

GovernmentWishAliveSpiritI Wish

I don't really have guilty pleasures - I like what I like. But I've seen a lot - a lot - of 'Taxicab Confessions.'

John Ross Bowie

GuiltySeenPleasuresLikeReally

Cows and other ruminants are worse polluters than all of the transportation in the world, so all of us who try to cut down our carbon footprint by lessening our transportation would do far better by just consuming less beef.

Stephen J. Dubner

WorldBetterTransportationDownTry

It's kind of a lonely work, because you just have to keep your pole in the water. I always had a little routine of going into whatever room I was using at the time to write in and just staying in there till I felt like I got a bite.

Tom Petty

WorkTimeWaterLonelyYouRoutine

Eventually, the nerds and the geeks will have their day.

Judd Apatow

DayWillNerdsEventuallyGeeks

In the digital universe, our personal history and its sense of narrative is succeeded by our social networking profile - a snapshot of the current moment. The information itself - our social graph of friends and likes - is a product being sold to market researchers in order to better predict and guide our futures.

Douglas Rushkoff

HistoryMomentNetworkingBetter

It's nice to see people invest in what you do as an artist and sing the songs back at you and feel something. You get to feel something more than what you were feeling when you made the record.

Chris Stapleton

PeopleFeelYouArtistBackNice

We all like going to the dark side of things; we all like dipping into worlds that we don't know anything about, or hopefully don't know anything about. I think 'Banshee' gives people a chance to do that pretty safely because we all know there's a solid buffer between the show and reality.

Antony Starr

PeopleChanceThinkRealityDark

Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.

Annie Lennox

DeathMeEasyLivingDyingScares

There are so many bands that I'm kind of aware of through media about them, and it ends up filtering my experience of the actual music.

Win Butler

MusicExperienceMediaKindUpMany

This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community.

William P. Leahy

OpportunityCommunityHelpCrisis

America has a right to the Second Amendment, but the people of America have a right to safety and the prevention of gun violence in their community.

Sheila Jackson Lee

CommunityPeopleSafetyGunAmerica

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.

Thomas Hood

MenPeaceManThinkDownLiberty

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