Thomas de Quincey Quotes

Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest.

Thomas de Quincey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 15, 1785 - December 8, 1859

Topics

SunRestCallSpectaclesGoingHis

I began my studies in a sound and electrical engineering program, but I ultimately created a major called 'Ritual Art.'

Jidenna

ArtEngineeringSoundElectrical

In a sense, Bond ousted the cowboy as the screen hero, and Ken Adams replaced the horse with technology.

Melvyn Bragg

TechnologyHeroBondHorseCowboy

I've always found that acting has been quite a hard thing to pre-manage because so much of it is spontaneous and the circumstances so uncontrolled.

Max Minghella

ActingCircumstancesHardSpontaneous

At the request of the special counsel, Mr. Rove will not discuss the substance of his testimony.

Robert Luskin

SpecialWillCounselRequestHisMr

I lived in town until I was eight and then I moved nearer the farmland, so I had a mixture.

Stephen Sprouse

LivedEightTownThenMovedUntil

In high school, I got smacked and kicked around. Two bloody noses. It was horrible.

Steven Spielberg

SchoolHigh SchoolTwoHighHorrible

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

Robert E. Lee

FightPeopleChristianLongKnow

At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience - than when I was 20.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

ExperienceMindThanksSuperiorThan

The 'good old times' - all times when old are good.

Lord Byron

GoodOldTimes

Scarlett Johansson. I think people don't really realize how great of an actress that girl is. She's so beautiful and that distracts you from what she can do as an actor.

Demian Bichir

GirlBeautifulGreatPeopleThink

Advertisers don't want to put their ads next to the investigative story; it's extremely difficult to do that. And very few people today actually read those serious news stories on the Web now.

Pierre Omidyar

TodayPeopleStoryNewsSeriousNow

I have a particular affection for zero because it was some of my countrymen who first gave it the status of a number.

Shakuntala Devi

AffectionFirstStatusBecauseZero

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