Richard Jefferies Quotes

To the darkness and the night, the spirits seem to have a natural claim - it is their realm; the boldest of us have sometimes felt an unaccountable creeping in the thick darkness.

Richard Jefferies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DarknessNightSometimesSeemUs

It is opposition to economic orthodoxy that leads us into austerity and cuts. But it is also a thirst for something more communal, more participative. That, to me, is what is interesting in this process.

Jeremy Corbyn

MeProcessInterestingMoreEconomic

'Dreamgirls' is special to me.

Angela Robinson

MeSpecial

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.

Jeff Cooper

ManSmartWiseWise ManHalfOnly

There isn't as much passion and outrage in today's newspapers. That may be because of a corporate decision, but they've lost their personality.

Michael Gartner

PassionTodayDecisionPersonality

NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.

Michael Badnarik

FreeLibertyPatriotActFree Trade

I like to see how I can do it for less money.

Stanley Tucci

MoneyI CanSeeLikeHowLess

I get along with everybody because I don't believe anybody.

Sirio Maccioni

BelieveBecauseAlongGetEverybody

In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplus for upgrading its productive powers.

Robert Trout

SocietySurviveMeetProductionMust

For an actress, everything is always fine - you are looked after, you have your trailer, and everything provided. But the crew are the ones out there in the wilds all the time, hours before and after us.

Michelle Yeoh

TimeYouAlwaysEverythingOutUs

I sort of was inspired by 'Friday Night Lights,' where it was a very different show, but similar in that they were both large ensemble dramas where you had many stories going on at once. I wanted to do a show that shared that element, and that's really why I wanted to develop 'Parenthood' as a series.

Jason Katims

NightFridayYouLightsWhyGoing

When I finish a book, I get extremely restless; I have to aggressively find ways to occupy myself; going off into the woods alone, doing things that are physically or mentally demanding to keep myself busy until the next big idea comes.

Philipp Meyer

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I reason that as long as I'm smiling 90 percent of the time, I can handle the setbacks that occur 10 percent of the time.

Payal Kadakia

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