Richard Jefferies Quotes

Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power in the hands of the good man, it also offers an equal advantage to the evil disposed.

Richard Jefferies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 6, 1848 - August 14, 1887

Topics

GoodPowerScienceMomentManEvil

I do work a lot on arguing that things which people assume are always wrong are not necessarily so and, indeed, can often be right.

Meir Soloveichik

WorkPeopleWrongRightAlways

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

John Kenneth Galbraith

CultureThinkSpeechManifestation

America is in a state of somnolence. It's an avoidance of paranoia through ignoring reality.

John McAfee

RealityAmericaThroughParanoia

I'm just a living witness that you can be an imperfect soldier and still be in the army fighting for God Almighty. Don't you think you got to be perfect 'cause I ain't.

Steve Harvey

GodThinkFightingArmyYouPerfect

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.

Stephanie Zimbalist

TimeWritingPuzzleThinkYouLike

The CNN international is a different service - it is even more leftist and anti-American than CNN is. That's their business, that's fine, but it can't be getting any revenue. There is no cable network that I know of anywhere in the world other than in America that pays them for their products.

Rupert Murdoch

BusinessServiceWorldAmericaKnow

There's a time in everyone's career where you go, 'Ah, this is hard - how long am I going to have to do this?' But the rewards are so great. Who gets to go on the podium and hear the national anthem? The whole nation singing! Money can't buy you that.

Mo Farah

GreatTimeMoneySingingYouCareer

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

PhilosophyTheoryActivity

Football is very simple for me.

David Silva

FootballSimpleMeVery

I am very clear and very honest. I can say one thing, and you look at my face, and it is clear.

Claudio Ranieri

I AmFaceYouLookI CanSay

If we sit here and think about what other teams are doing and the points game and all that, we're going to go crazy, and it's not going to help our game.

Brooke Sweat

CrazyGameThinkDoingHelpGo

I like running and swimming, and exercise four or five times a week, but not for long - about 30 minutes. I just exercise by myself and find that as I get older it becomes easier. In school I remember not enjoying running at all.

Arizona Muse

MyselfSchoolSwimmingRememberWeek

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