Herbert Croly Quotes

To the European immigrant - that is, to the aliens who have been converted into Americans by the advantages of American life - the Promise of America has consisted largely in the opportunity which it offered of economic independence and prosperity.

Herbert Croly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 23, 1869 - May 17, 1930

Topics

LifeOpportunityIndependenceAmerica

My favorite bands are Radiohead and Led Zeppelin, and all-time favorite album is 'Amnesiac' by Radiohead.

Jessica Parker Kennedy

Led ZeppelinFavoriteLedAlbum

It was the roughest time in my life. Connie helped me through it.

Maury Povich

LifeTimeMeMy LifeThroughHelped

Sometimes, when I watch a movie where teenagers are played by actors that are 26 years old and look perfect, it makes you wonder what story is actually being told.

Angourie Rice

StoryYouPerfectLookWonderOld

We are trying to say that low income and low job opportunities, after a long period of time, tears at the social fabric.

Angus Deaton

TimeJobTearsOpportunitiesTrying

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human.

Michael Franti

SometimesHumanStayHardestJust

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

Steve Earle

New YorkPeopleCityTraditionLong

There's an assumption in many of these cultures that these children are mentally retarded, when in fact they're not at all. I saw how the operation affects the child, as well as the child's family and often the village.

Roma Downey

FamilyChildrenChildVillageSaw

I can't be on the cheeseburger diet all the time.

Bobby Flay

TimeDietCheeseburger

Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of criminal punishment without accepting the possibility that someone will be punished mistakenly.

Antonin Scalia

Not PerfectSomeonePerfectWill

The world wasn't a more tolerant place when I was a young man. Rather, they simply sidestepped all the issues.

William S. Burroughs

ManWorldPlaceYoungYoung Man

As ISIS begins to gain momentum beyond where they already are, it really does create - but you see the surge of refugees and immigrants into Europe, and this is a major problem for the Europeans... But the United States is going to have to take the lead.

William H. McRaven

ProblemMomentumYouCreateBeyond

To the U.S. and the world, I'm just known as some funny song and some funny music, some funny video guy. But in Korea I'm doing one of the biggest concerts; it's not a dance music concert. I'm playing with the band, so I change my every song to a rock song.

Psy

FunnyChangeMusicDanceWorldSong

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