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

James Fenimore Cooper Quotes

Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect its current acquisitions, but will go on improving as long as means and opportunities offer; while he who finds himself ignorant of most things, is only too apt to shrink from a labour which becomes Herculean.

James Fenimore Cooper

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 15, 1789 - September 14, 1851

Topics

Age Knowledge Opportunities Parent

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

Good You Bad Dare Only

We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house... and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear.

Family Live Hate People Information

Paralympic sport and other disability sport can and should be celebrated in its own right.

Disability Right Own Other Should

I always just wanted to write and maybe direct. I'm really only interested in that. And yet the business that I'm in has forced me into being a salesman - that's the last thing that 17-year-old me would imagine I'd end up being. I'm uncomfortable trying to sell anything, but that's what you're doing every time you walk into a pitch.

Business Time Walk Me End Doing

My experience at the White House was invaluable.

Experience House White White House

Since I am from Spain, once the morning has gone, I like to take a nap while falling asleep to black and white movies. It feels less lonely. There is a comfort in hearing their voices, like when you're a child and your mother tells you a story before bedtime.

Mother Morning Black And White I Am

I actually was worried about the pounding, but I actually love running more than working out on the elliptical. Now if I get on the elliptical, I feel like I'm trapped.

Love Feel Now Trapped More Out

None of us know what comes after death. All of us, to some extent, are probably mystified or maybe a little bit frightened of it.

Death Know Little Us None Some

History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.

Christopher Bond

History Opportunities Long Lesson

When I'm doing TV, I miss theatre, and when I'm doing theatre, I miss being in front of the camera.

Theatre Doing Camera Miss Being TV

When I was, like, 10, I decided it would look really cool, so I pretended I was British. And I've been doing that ever since.

Cool Doing Look British Been Would

I rather like getting away from fiction.

Penelope Lively

Fiction Away Like Rather Getting

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by James Fenimore Cooper