Henry Clay Quotes

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

Henry Clay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 12, 1777 - June 29, 1852

Topics

TrustGovernmentPeopleBenefitBoth

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

Jim Backus

SuccessWifeManFirstSecondOwes

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as more recent attacks in Madrid, Spain, and London, England, showed in a very tragic way just how vulnerable many areas of the world are to these sorts of actions.

Jo Bonner

WorldLondonWayMoreSeptember

The ability to delay gratification has implications not only for a person's life, but also for a community, for a people, for a country.

Joachim de Posada

LifeCommunityPeopleCountryPerson

When you have children, your house smells very unpleasant all the time.

Jo Brand

ChildrenTimeYouHouseYourSmells

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

John C. Maxwell

LiveAloneManRememberSometimes

I'm into exploring the fringes of a culture.

Andrew Zimmern

CultureExploring

After graduating from Brown, I went to law school and became a corporate lawyer in New York City.

Andrew Yang

SchoolNew YorkCityLawLawyerNew

I knew I had to write about Canada. I just could not find in literature any examples of the immigrant experience that I've had.

Shyam Selvadurai

ExperienceLiteratureFindCanada

Some of the hotels I've been put up in for work in Scotland have been shockingly bad. They're the type of hotel where the bedroom is like a cell and the Internet doesn't work. I feel quite aggrieved at that because you should at least be treated reasonably well and have basic comfort.

Robert Winston

WorkInternetFeelHotelYouBad

If you're a cartoon character or most TV characters, sure, you'll fight, because the punches are juicy-sounding and they don't leave marks. But in real life, if somebody punches you in the eye, it doesn't make any noise and your eye is swollen for, like, six months. It's a nightmare to get punched in the eye.

Louis C. K.

LifeCharacterFightEyeYouLeave

My whole life sort of ended when my mom died.

Cheryl Strayed

LifeMomWholeSortDiedEnded

When I did 'Young Guns II,' I hung out with Emilio and Kiefer, and I once took a trip with Rob Lowe - we jumped trains.

Christian Slater

YoungOutGunsTripTrainsOnce

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