Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes

To live in Portsmouth without possessing a family portrait done by Copley is like living in Boston without having an ancestor in the old Granary Burying-Ground. You can exist, but you cannot be said to flourish.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 11, 1836 - March 19, 1907

Topics

FamilyLivePortraitYouLivingOld

I am undecided whether or not the Milky Way is but one of countless others all of which form an entire system. Perhaps the light from these infinitely distant galaxies is so faint that we cannot see them.

Johann Heinrich Lambert

LightI AmWayOthersSeeSystem

Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

Joe Torre

UpMakeSortTweakPitchersHitters

Every shot is unique, even if it's just a close-up, an insert of your hand. You've got to work with the guy behind the lens to get it right, focus in. Those are critical little nothing things, but you've got to work with the people who are trying to put it down, in order to get it.

Robert Forster

WorkFocusPeopleTryingYouUnique

My favorite film is always the one that I most recently worked on.

Lloyd Kaufman

AlwaysFilmFavoriteMostWorked

In Bavaria, many homes have a cosy room which is all wood and is filled with special things. My grandfather had such a room, and he made the panels on the walls himself; each one told a story.

Juergen Teller

WallsStoryGrandfatherWoodSpecial

The beauty of an art project is that you cannot always measure the impact, but one day it can become clear.

JR

BeautyArtDayImpactYouMeasure

I make fun wherever I go... If I go to a restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it. I always have a great deal of fun being with people. It's part of the journey.

Cloris Leachman

JourneyGreatMyselfFunPeopleGo

If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.

Philippe Falardeau

WritingYouCreationScratchLot

A lot of people have an opinion. If you listen to them too much, your work will get influenced, and you make no one happy.

Prabal Gurung

WorkHappyPeopleOpinionYouWill

I'm interested in where we are, where we're going, where we've come from.

Peter Carey

WhereGoingComeInterested

I must be true to myself within my music or I would be a liar.

Nneka

MusicMyselfLiarBe TrueTrueMust

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

Lynn Johnston

GoodForwardYouLookMatterOld

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