Thomas Malthus Quotes

The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes.

Thomas Malthus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 13, 1766 - December 23, 1834

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MankindOnlyHigherClasses

'Hamlet' is the best description of grief I've read because it dramatizes grief rather than merely describing it.

Meghan O'Rourke

GriefBestBecauseReadRatherThan

Between 2007 and 2010, the average white family experienced an 11% reduction in wealth, but the average black family lost 31% of its wealth. The average Hispanic family lost 44.7%.

Matthew Desmond

FamilyBlackWealthWhiteLost

I go to Comic-Con every year, generally with some project of some sort.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

YearGoProjectSomeEverySort

Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy.

John Spratt

DutyActiveWithoutGuardOurCould

The truth of the matter is that I used to be much more - as it were - shy. Now I don't care!

Tom Stoppard

TruthCareNowShyMatterMore

To be efficient with the football in practice and on the game field obviously is the most important thing, but be efficient with the football, make smart decisions, be great on third downs, be great in the red zone, when the game's on the line in the fourth quarter - that's what I love.

Russell Wilson

LoveGreatFootballSmartRedGame

People call things 'vulgar' when they are new to them. When they have become old, they become 'good taste.'

Mary Quant

GoodPeopleNewBecomeOldTaste

The young people today are the 21st century.

Martin Scorsese

TodayPeopleYoungYoung People

I would admit that poetry is something more than mere communication and that if that 'something more' could be abstracted from the whole, it might well prove to be that which makes the whole a poem.

Louis MacNeice

CommunicationPoetryAdmitProve

Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

GodTruthTruth IsMormonismAuthor

There's something magical about spending a Sunday night watching real people at a deli, then watching fake people pretending to be real on TV, then engaging in (arguably) false interaction with (arguably) real people on the Internet. Never at any prior point in time has this been possible.

Diablo Cody

TimePeopleNightFakeInternet

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on.

Derek Jacobi

TimePeopleReputationExpectations

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