Thomas Jefferson Quotes

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.

Thomas Jefferson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GenerationCountryWillMoreRight

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

ManThinkingPoliticalDividedWord

When you do your heart's calling, when you're doing what moves you, all good things happen. That may sound a little too mystical for some people, but I really do believe it.

Megan Shull

GoodHeartPeopleGood ThingsDoing

I'm always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head.

Mel Gibson

WritingStoryAlwaysHead

A press statement may be given with a very good intention, but it says nothing beyond it. If it comes from corporations they run, then it is corporate social responsibility (CSR). That's different from philanthropy. CSR is a lot of shareholders, including me.

Shiv Nadar

GoodResponsibilityMeIntentionRun

We're downtown New Yorkers and had very close proximity to the events of September 11th. Like everybody on the island of Manhattan, we were impacted by it in so many ways in terms of what we saw, what we felt, what our daily experience became in the wake of it.

Mike D

DailyExperienceNewIslandEvents

I'm very concerned about the nuclear weapons development for Iran and the destabilizing influence it has and they have in that part of the world. And I strongly endorse continued pressure, diplomatically, financially, economically.

Michael Mullen

InfluenceWorldPressureDevelopment

I do like to write nasty songs. It's a useful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative.

Lisa Marie Presley

PositiveArtAngerNegativeCreate

Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: 'Keep trying, don't give up, don't be discouraged, don't pay attention to detractors.' Everyone knows this.

Joyce Carol Oates

AdviceTryingAttentionEldersNever

Everything we see, everything that exists, is part of God.

Juanes

GodEverythingSeePartExists

My father worked real hard. I admired him. My father taught me you needed to work with your brain and not your back. I've made that a passion.

Don Cornelius

WorkFatherPassionMeBrainYou

As I get older, I find myself way more into sports. I'm in a basketball league. You maybe know some of the people in it. They're real people, not fake ones like me.

Bryan Greenberg

SportsMyselfPeopleMeBasketball

I wish I was more industrious, but I don't necessarily have that drive.

Thomas Middleditch

DriveWishMoreI WishIndustrious

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