Norman Douglas Quotes

To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.

Norman Douglas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 8, 1868 - February 7, 1952

Topics

FriendEyeFindHimTwoKeep

People are really interested in economic security.

Jim Gray

PeopleSecurityEconomicInterested

When the purse strings tighten up at museums, the institutions usually cut back and cancel shows. That's exactly the wrong reaction. In fact, now is a good time for them to loosen up - a chance to breathe and experiment a little - and go for the juicy solution lurking in their own basements.

Jerry Saltz

GoodTimeChanceSolutionBackGo

Patience is the best medicine.

John Florio

PatienceBestMedicine

There's a large cluster of stars that are orbiting the center of our galaxy. And by measuring the motion of stars, and in particular, their orbits, we can figure out whether or not there's a central black hole.

Andrea M. Ghez

StarsBlackGalaxyOutMotionHole

There is a healthy amount of self-doubt and criticism with most people that make music. You find your areas that are your best. Onstage, I am good. But talking to someone in the grocery store? Forget about it.

Anderson East

GoodMusicBestI AmPeopleTalking

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

Robert Louis Stevenson

ManVanityHardSomeObstinateDies

Porter Square Books was the only place I could find that was dog-friendly, work-friendly, and had food. I was there all the time.

Matthew Pearl

TimeFoodFindPlaceSquareBooks

What's surprising is that the people who fought against torture here are the communists.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

PeopleTortureAgainstHereWho

I'm 47, You learn life is short and it's not worth doing something if you don't enjoy it.

Trisha Yearwood

LifeLife Is ShortShortLearnDoing

Unlike the twisters he famously chased in the movies, Bill Paxton was the kind of force of nature you ran toward and never away from.

Ron Howard

NatureYouMoviesKindNeverForce

Music and books, I think, were the two things I trusted the most as a child - songs and books.

Mary Gauthier

MusicChildThinkTwoThingsBooks

The Prophet Joseph Smith lived in troubled times.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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