Martha Gellhorn Quotes

If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat.

Martha Gellhorn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 8, 1908 - February 15, 1998

Topics

EnjoySexDefeatMoralOutThing

My strongest audiences are in Germany and France - they stuck with me through my dark days in the '70s.

Joe Cocker

MeDarkThroughDaysFranceStuck

It would be good if teachers could genuinely understand that black English is not mistakes, it's just different English, and that what you want to do is add an additional dialect to black students' repertoire rather than teaching them out of what's thought of as a bad habit, like sloppy posture or chewing with your mouth open.

John McWhorter

GoodMistakesHabitBlackThought

Doris Day started performing at a young age, had a tough road to success, and once she achieved it delivered the goods 100 percent and brilliantly, always making difficult work look as easy as breathing.

Robert Osborne

WorkSuccessAgeDayRoadTough

The commercial space industry is enormous and ripe for disruption.

Steve Jurvetson

SpaceDisruptionIndustryRipe

Prosperous communities are much better able to survive hurricanes or other natural disasters because they have greater resources, both public and private, to fall back upon.

Robert Zubrin

SurviveBetterFallBackResources

While the meeting I participated in turned out to be a ruse, I made statements during the course of the meeting that are counter to NPR's values and also not reflective of my own beliefs. I offer my sincere apology to those I offended.

Ron Schiller

ValuesMeetingApologyMy OwnOut

I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner: 'This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality.' Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

Ronald Reagan

FaithTruthFreedomWordsReality

Species co-evolve with the other species they eat, and very often, a relationship of interdependence develops: I'll feed you if you spread around my genes. A gradual process of mutual adaptation transforms something like an apple or a squash into a nutritious and tasty food for a hungry animal.

Michael Pollan

RelationshipFoodAnimalProcessYou

I've been a children's book editor, a nanny, a camp counselor, a barista, a research lab assistant, and a movie theater ticket-taker.

Lisa Graff

ChildrenResearchBookMovie Theater

Teaching methods are often inadequate for the goals faculties are trying to achieve. Important courses such as expository writing and foreign languages are frequently taught by untrained graduate students and underpaid adjunct teachers.

Derek Bok

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I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators.

Christopher Hitchens

PowerThoughtAmericanWishUsedUs

To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range of $60,000 and potential earnings of as much as $150,000.

Arne Duncan

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