Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will.

Thomas Carlyle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881

Topics

LightDarknessSoulFreeFree Will

I would be heartbroken if I found out my husband had a mistress.

Jes Macallan

HusbandOutMistressWouldFound

I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.

Anatoly Karpov

LifeMeWorldChampionMy Life

Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.

John Lydon

PeopleThinkYouJust BecauseMean

I'm interested in Jeff Bridges. I love that guy. And I did like Carey Mulligan in 'An Education.' And I love Meryl Streep, but if they could ban 'Julie & Julia,' I'd be in favor of that.

Andy Kindler

EducationLoveBridgesGuyFavor

I have to have another child. I have to bring someone into this world that will be here for Dashiell.

Sophie B. Hawkins

ChildWorldSomeoneWillBringHere

My feeling is, when you are writing an essay, you don't make anything up. This may be a very Protestant notion, and I'm aware of the fact that memory is fallible, that if I had access to films or some absolute documentary evidence of what happened, it might look different; we get confused and fuzzy.

Siri Hustvedt

MemoryWritingConfusedYouLookUp

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

Simone Weil

PurposeFalseBeingDeceivedAvoid

The speed and timing go with age.

Tony Bellew

AgeSpeedGoTiming

If you look at the greatest performances of women, they're usually older... Anne Bancroft in 'The Graduate,' Kathy Bates in 'Misery.' It's a matter of characters having a life experience that makes them interesting.

Rod Lurie

LifeWomenExperienceInteresting

I didn't want to be known as a man who only made horror films. I made some - very few.

Christopher Lee

ManWantHorrorOnlyWhoMade

I wasn't great at a lot of stuff, but I was good at not worrying about being a wrestler.

Shawn Michaels

GoodGreatBeingStuffWorryingLot

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

Thomas Jefferson

WarViewMankindGreatestAbhor

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