James Whistler Quotes

The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.

James Whistler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 11, 1834 - July 17, 1903

Topics

LifeFriendshipEarlyRareWhoMany

There's never any ability to plan a personal life.

Jerry Kleczka

LifePlanPersonalNeverAbility

My dad, Bob Blum, used to dash across Grand Central's main terminal catwalk several times daily as a young CBS correspondent, running copy from newsroom to studio and back - because CBS' first broadcasts were from Grand Central Terminal. The pictures on people's television sets used to shake when the trains came in!

Jenna Blum

DailyPeopleBackTelevisionCopy

Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books.

John Dingell

LibraryLivingWildWithoutBurning

There is no such thing as a natural fit between form and content. Seamless elegance would be tantamount to erasure.

Stacey D'Erasmo

EleganceContentNaturalWouldFit

Columbus was above all an explorer, and his historic achievements opened the Americas to trade and the eventual English settlements, settlements which grew into the most successful bastion of freedom and prosperity in human history, the United States of America.

Tom Tancredo

FreedomHistoryAmericaProsperity

Well, when I was a kid, I grew up in San Diego next to the ocean. The ocean was my friend - my best friend.

Robert Ballard

FriendBestOceanBest FriendKid

When people come to my shows, they're like, 'I can't believe you can actually freaking sing!'

Rita Ora

PeopleBelieveYouSingComeLike

I have a natural instinct to feel guilty and that I've let people down. I've apologized in more songs than 'Back to the Shack.' Going back to our second record, the closing lines are 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.' It's definitely part of my personality.

Rivers Cuomo

PersonalityPeopleSorryFeelDown

Senator, we just don't use that kind of language on the floor of the Senate.

Mike Mansfield

LanguageKindFloorJustSenateUse

As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved health and well-being, renewable resources, reliable food supply, and relief to the environment.

Diane Ackerman

HealthFoodWallsSpacePeople

I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.

Arthur Golden

PainSpeakThinkUsEnduringUntil

We say that children are bad at paying attention, but we really mean that they're bad at not paying attention - they easily get distracted by anything interesting.

Alison Gopnik

ChildrenInterestingAttentionBad

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