Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Martha Wainwright Quotes

My childhood definitely revolved around my relationship with my brother. I wanted to be different. I wanted to find my way of being as intriguing and interesting as he was.

Martha Wainwright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: May 8, 1976

Topics

Relationship Childhood Brother Find

Everything that has happened in my life is because of good government and because the United States of America was the greatest nation on the face of the earth.

Andrew Young

Life Good Government Face My Life

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

Andrew Cuomo

Women Believe Face Glass I Believe

It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward.

Andy Summers

Past Forward Hard Avoid Goes

We got into a recession because the global economy went into the recession and we're a big exporting nation.

Stephen Harper

Economy Nation Big Because Global

American oil companies - including Amoco, Unocal, Exxon, Pennzoil - have invested billions of dollars in Azerbaijan and plan to invest billions more. As a result, they have developed a strongly pro-Azerbaijan position.

Stephen Kinzer

American Plan Result Oil More

We might imagine that Jesus had many human faults. He failed most humanly, in my reckoning, when he killed the fig tree just because it didn't bear any figs for his breakfast; that was a disgraceful, bad-tempered thing to do, and to try and make a virtue of it by saying it was a demonstration of faith only made things worse.

Michael Leunig

Faith Tree Breakfast Saying Virtue

When Zionism becomes co-extensive with Jewishness, Jewishness is pitted against the diversity that defines democracy, and if I may say so, betrays one of the most important ethical dimensions of the diasporic Jewish tradition: namely, the obligation of co-habitation with those different from ourselves.

Judith Butler

Diversity Democracy Tradition Say

It's no longer unusual for real avant-garde composers to have been in a band, and for bands to be interested in a wide range of music. Look at how artists like Aphex Twin are influenced by Nancarrow and Stockhausen.

Jonny Greenwood

Music Look Band Real Artists Been

I was one of those people who just flitted about in life. I had no plans and no sense of direction.

Anton du Beke

Life People Direction Plans No Sense

When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.

Anne M. Mulcahy

Job People Direction Key Better You

I really want to go to Harvard; it's just a matter of timing.

Aubrey Peeples

Go Timing Want Matter Harvard Just

John F. Kennedy asked us what we could do for America. This Democratic Party asks what can government give you. Don't worry about paying the bill, it's on your kids and grandkids.

Artur Davis

Government America Worry You Party