James Henry Breasted Quotes

Today the traveller on the Nile enters a wonderland at whose gates rise the colossal pyramids of which he has had visions perhaps from earliest childhood.

James Henry Breasted

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 27, 1865 - December 2, 1935

Topics

TodayChildhoodRisePyramidsNile

I don't really need to be dirty to be funny.

Jimmy Kimmel

FunnyDirtyNeedReally

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets.

Robert Shea

TalentOrganizationPicturesPlay

I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

Jed S. Rakoff

ThinkCommon SenseSayCrimeSense

For me, titles are either a natural two-second experience or stressful enough to give you an ulcer. If they don't pop out perfect on the first try, they can be really hard to repair. Or, worse, if the author thinks they pop out perfect, but the publishing house does not agree, it's difficult to shift gears. And then? Then you go insane.

Sloane Crosley

ExperienceMeEnoughYouPerfectGo

I don't know what the fans expect out of these fighters, but I know what I expect out of myself. And that's go out there, beat people up, and just be me.

Robbie Lawler

MyselfPeopleMeGoKnowOut

One of the things I found is that no matter where in the country - poor communities, rich communities - everybody deals with very similar issues of bullying. It's pretty widespread.

Jay Asher

BullyingRichCountryMatterPoor

The whole sector of public dialogue has been totally contaminated, deliberately, by the corporate sector. The whole purpose is to sow confusion and doubt, and it's worked.

David Suzuki

PurposeDoubtConfusionDialogueSow

Fragility, violence, and conflict are complex. Fragility is influenced by a wide set of factors, many of which are deeply entrenched, such as high social and income inequality. The lines between criminal, inter-communal, and politically motivated violence are often blurred.

Peter Maurer

ConflictViolenceInequalityHigh

Now 'Boondock II,' people are gonna see it because they liked the first one. There won't be very many people who go see it who aren't familiar with the first one.

Sean Patrick Flanery

PeopleGoNowFirstSeeBecause

Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?

Nicolas Cage

TruthArtLieYouSaidWant

One should take writers' valuations of their own work with a pinch of salt: they are likely to rank them differently tomorrow.

Howard Jacobson

WorkTomorrowSaltOwnTakeRank

My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town.

Herbie Mann

SonBrooklynNowDrummerCalifornia

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