Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Henry Ward Beecher

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 24, 1813 - March 8, 1887

Topics

MenAliveStayBooks

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.

John Fowles

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I'm big into the PlayStation 2. From what I've heard, the Xbox is the better system, but I can't get used to that controller.

John Cena

BetterPlaystationSystemBigUsed

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.

John Henry Newman

AgeReligionMeDreamKnowMockery

He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against the rest of the world.

Anna C. Brackett

GreatStruggleManWorldRest

I thought that I wouldn't be able to make it because I'm a girl, but I think it was just a subconscious feeling. Pretty much every gig I went to was a band with four dudes.

Soccer Mommy

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Ed Herrmann was such a giant and was such a wonderful person. He was just a lovely, lovely man.

Rose Abdoo

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The ability to talk to kids and reach kids is a gift I've been given, and I may as well use it.

Montel Williams

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I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think, are very powerful and they convey an intention.

Drew Barrymore

WordsThinkLanguagePowerfulKid

I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.

Donna Rice

ConfidenceCollegeWorldThroughHad

We Americans sit at the head of the banquet table, as we have done for a century. Our standard of living is luxurious by any measure.

Deepak Chopra

MeasureTableDoneLivingHeadSit

I don't want to be treated like I came from another planet or something or was somehow born with some weird birthright or super power. I don't view myself that way. I am a normal guy, picking up the crap from the dog and scraping the BBQ and having a beer and fixing the shed out back.

Chris Hadfield

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I think Shep Smith is probably the premier anchor/journalist of my generation. He's terrific, and he does the news straight and let the chips fall where they may.

David Shuster

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