James L. Petigru Quotes

It does not, surely, require such torrents of blood to satisfy any reasonable man that nothing can be a more impious presumption than for either side to think themselves entitled to count the Almighty as an ally in such a pitiful display of human passion.

James L. Petigru

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 10, 1789 - March 9, 1863

Topics

PassionManThinkBloodNothing

Those are my favorite kinds of movies, where the plots are quite small and character-driven.

Mia Goth

SmallMoviesWhereKindsFavorite

My dad was a theater major, and he's acted, and he's done so much television and radio and film, and seeing how much fun he had doing that totally made me want to try.

Amber Stevens

FunMeDoingSeeingTelevisionDone

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

Robert Benchley

DogLoyaltyLearnDownThreeLying

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

Roy Barnes

LifeGovernmentPeopleBetterOffice

If you can find something everyone agrees on, it's wrong.

Mo Udall

YouFindWrongEveryoneSomething

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

Jose Marti

MenGreatnessActionFamousDignity

I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy.

DeRay Mckesson

FreedomJusticeJoyThinkOppression

I think cool originates with the jazz culture in the '40s. There was probably cool before that, but that's when people started talking about cool - Miles Davis and Charlie Parker and a bunch of other early, cool jazz folk.

Alissa Quart

CulturePeopleCoolThinkTalking

The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran.

Tzipi Livni

WorldCannotIranAffordNuclear

I find the strongest predictor of people who do well at Shopify is whether they see opportunity as something to compete for, or do they see opportunity as essentially everywhere and unlimited? It's a rough proxy for pessimism and optimism.

Tobias Lutke

OpportunityOptimismPeopleFindSee

I always felt it was necessary to keep up some kind of communication with other people.

Norman Lloyd

CommunicationPeopleKindAlwaysUp

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.

Richard Bach

LightColorsDiamondsQuestionsYou

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