Thomas Merton Quotes

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Thomas Merton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 31, 1915 - December 10, 1968

Topics

StrengthI AmThinkStrongerThan

Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there is any exception - who I've worked with is they've all been very, very talented musicians.

Joan Armatrading

GreatPeopleThinkMusiciansYes

I'm incredibly optimistic about what individuals can do. We have technology that our grandparents would have given their eye teeth for.

Joel Salatin

TechnologyEyeTeethGrandparents

Supporting actors are the support. You can't make a building without support. You can't buy dinner without support.

Melissa Leo

SupportDinnerBuildingYouWithout

We were a very politically active family. My father was one of the first lawyers in South Africa to have a black partner, so I grew up very aware of the struggle going on. Coming from that background, it really gave me chills to have my music be a part of the election of the first black American president.

Trevor Rabin

FamilyFatherMusicStruggleMe

I did almost every job in the bank. It was real life, waking up in the morning, putting on a suit and tie and then having to go to work.

Romain Grosjean

LifeWorkMorningJobGoReal

Spanish football is very good but every year the same teams win the league.

Royston Drenthe

GoodFootballWinYearSameSpanish

Sometimes when you're heavy into the shooting or editing of a picture, you get to the point where you don't know if you could ever do it again.

Martin Scorsese

PictureYouKnowSometimesEditing

I'm happy because I was proud of what I did at 'SNL.' It's the only time probably in my life that I didn't have any regrets. I worked really hard. I played really nice. I threw myself into it. I committed. Beyond that, what else could I have done?

Michaela Watkins

LifeTimeMyselfHappyProudNice

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

Moliere

ResponsibleOnlyHeldAlso

New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on every block, and I love that.

Diplo

WorkLoveNew YorkFastSeriousNew

Men invent means and methods of coming at God's love, they learn rules and set up devices to remind them of that love, and it seems like a world of trouble to bring oneself into the consciousness of God's presence. Yet it might be so simple. Is it not quicker and easier just to do our common business wholly for the love of him?

Brother Lawrence

LoveBusinessGodMenSimpleWorld

When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and Priorities committee, the signals that that sent through Ottawa were major, because that's what the bureaucracy understands.

Brian Mulroney

PlanningPrioritiesEnvironment

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