Herbert Hoover Quotes

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

Herbert Hoover

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964

Topics

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Even before I came out, looking at me, I've probably looked a little gay. I had short hair, and, you know, it wasn't a huge surprise to people. But some athletes have this image to uphold and may feel like sponsors won't want them if they're gay.

Megan Rapinoe

PeopleMeHairLookingSurpriseYou

I've lived publicly and never hidden behind closed doors. Therefore, if I have gone over the top sometimes, it has been visible.

John Hurt

DoorsSometimesHiddenNeverTop

'Wall Street' was a very important movie for me in terms of my career. I won an Oscar, and then the film 'Fatal Attraction' came right after it.

Michael Douglas

MeCareerWallImportantStreet

You can't strategize falling in love, can you? It's never worked. People love you the most and set you up, and it doesn't work because you can't predict these things. You fall in love serially.

Meryl Streep

WorkLovePeopleFalling In LoveYou

I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius.

Amy Poehler

FunnyThinkGeniusYouTideKnow

The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

LifePeopleThinkFamousMy Life

Macau has been steady. The shocking, unexpected government is the one in Washington.

Steve Wynn

GovernmentUnexpectedWashingtonBeen

I loved running, but all of a sudden everything hurt so much. I started cycling when Zelda was born.

Robin Williams

HurtLovedBornEverythingStarted

I think it's important to note that after the airstrikes began in Iraq and Syria, ISIS began a very aggressive social media campaign calling for these types of attacks, these lone wolf attacks.

Michael McCaul

Social MediaThinkWolfMediaSocial

I learned some big lessons on my first film, a horror film which was never released in the U.S., even though we sold it to Harvey Weinstein for a lot of money.

Jonathan Levine

MoneyHorrorNeverFirstBigFilm

To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it.

Bobby Vinton

LiveMeLovedBetterNothingMean

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

Anton Chekhov

NatureSeaMeaningPityNorNeither

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