Richard Harding Davis Quotes

It has pleased and interested me to see how I could get along under difficult circumstances and with so much discomfort but as I say I was not sent out here to improve my temper or my health or to make me more content with my good things in the East.

Richard Harding Davis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 18, 1864 - April 11, 1916

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In February 2003, I signed a three-year contract with MSNBC to host a talk show. Having recently decided not to run again for governor of Minnesota, I was still a pretty hot commodity. The show was originally scheduled for an hour, four nights a week.

Jesse Ventura

FebruaryWeekRunTalkHotContract

We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate.

Jeremy Rifkin

AgeOpportunityDebateNowUpBring

The problem with cap-and-trade and programs such as carbon capture and storage is that they all assume that business as usual can continue. The financial meltdown and peak oil has pretty much demonstrated that business as usual's not going to work.

Andrew Nikiforuk

WorkBusinessFinancialProblemOil

I very rarely watch anybody swing. All I do is follow where the ball goes.

Matt Kuchar

SwingFollowBallWatchWhereGoes

I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government.

John Rowland

SmileHopeGovernmentProudYou

And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.

Smokey Robinson

PeopleI CanSayWhoSongsMost

There are nations, where people live in captivity, fear and silence. I believe, one day from prison camps and torture cells and from exile the leaders of freedom will emerge. The world should stand with those oppressed people until the day of their freedom finally arrives.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

FearLiveFreedomDaySilenceWorld

As you prepare for the many things that fall brings, such as school, harvest and winter, it is important to be prepared for the unthinkable. Supplies and a plan will significantly reduce panic and chaos in the event of an emergency.

Mike Crapo

WinterSchoolChaosPlanYouFall

Companies with significant revenue (more than $100 million) have, by definition, significant traction. They have proven out their thesis and can scale up or down as investment capital becomes available.

Jay Samit

DownInvestmentMoreOutRevenueUp

I never get involved with the ladies I work with.

Dirk Benedict

WorkNeverInvolvedGetLadies

The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.

Denis Diderot

MarriageMoralsHelpDivorceImprove

I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite; it's really true.

Claire Danes

ChallengeMoneyPeopleThinkMovies

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