Henrik Pontoppidan Quotes

After a summer trip to Switzerland, which was rich in experiences, I started writing. In the beginning, I aimed at descriptions of nature and folk life until, as the years passed, the description of man became my chief interest.

Henrik Pontoppidan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: danish
  • Birth: July 24, 1857 - August 21, 1943

Topics

LifeNatureBeginningManWriting

I regret behaving badly when I was younger. I did not know any better at the time. The thing is that the incidents that I caused were not funny... Youth is wasted on the young. It is better to have the wisdom of an old man in a young body... I was a bit foolish and teased people, trying to be funny.

Jim Broadbent

FunnyWisdomTimeManPeopleYouth

I worked in the Clinton administration.

Andrew Cuomo

AdministrationClinton Administration

I think the reason that I like so many different games is because I like the way my brain works when I'm playing games. It's more fun.

John Romero

FunBrainThinkGamesWayMore

My parents weren't around much, but I assumed everybody's family was the same. I didn't know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them.

Stephen Sondheim

FamilySchoolParentsPeopleThought

I sit next to Drogba in the dressing room. I listen all the time because he gives advice.

Romelu Lukaku

TimeAdviceListenDressingRoomHe

Sherrod Brown, in the House, was one of 66 members of the House to vote against the Patriot Act, and he continues to vote against the Patriot Act, to deny our law enforcement the tools they need to go against terror.

Mike DeWine

LawLaw EnforcementToolsHouseVote

Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down.

Lord Byron

NameYouDownGoWillDepend

I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.

Joyce Meyer

TimeDevilProblemPartyRealUsed

If our country is to advance, let it be upon the legs of lessons well-learned.

Jared Polis

CountryLegsLessonsOurAdvance

Coloradans of all walks of life value the environment.

Jared Polis

LifeValueEnvironmentWalks

People have maybe, sometimes, said that I can, occasionally, be a teeny bit edgy and judgmental.

Christa Miller

PeopleI CanSaidSometimesEdgy

Whoever invented double clicking should be shot in the head! Twice!

Craig Bruce

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