Hervey Allen Quotes

Here the Frenchman, Spaniard, and Englishman all passed, leaving each his legend; and a brilliant and more or less feudal civilization with its aristocracy and slaves has departed with the economic system upon which it rested.

Hervey Allen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949

Topics

LegendCivilizationLeavingBrilliant

I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it's important to pray not just when things are going bad. When things are going bad, it's easy to pray and ask God to help you out, but it's also important to pray when things are going well and show your appreciation.

Jermain Defoe

GodDayAppreciationThinkHelpYou

I started studying what the nature of a monument is and what a monument should be. And for the World War III memorial I designed a futile, almost terrifying passage that ends nowhere.

Maya Lin

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From 1945 to 1974, the Western world - including America - was more socialistic than capitalistic, more pro-labor than pro-business.

Robert Kiyosaki

WorldAmericaMoreThanIncluding

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.

Maude Adams

BestDaySucceedEnoughSometimes

I think I've been able to build up a wide range of styles in storytelling, using comics in different ways from project to project. I think my art has become more accomplished, although I try to keep it from becoming slick or superficial.

Jeffrey Brown

ArtThinkBuildBecomeStorytelling

You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future.

Andy Griffith

FuturePastThinkYouComfortYoung

People who live in L.A. don't like to leave their homes because they have so much space. They have the nice kitchens and a cook and a pool. When you live in L.A., there is a sense of isolation in terms of raising a family.

Solange Knowles

FamilyLiveSpacePeopleIsolation

I love pens, especially when writing on good-quality paper. But I don't have a favorite - I try all kinds in all colors. Like most folks, I misplace them a lot, so I don't use anything too fancy.

Shira Goodman

LoveColorsWritingTryAnything

It's not that a literature for children of color doesn't exist; it's that so much of the extant literature is lacking in the essential quality that makes literature for children so extraordinary a form: imagination.

Rumaan Alam

ChildrenQualityImaginationColor

I always think instinct is more interesting than anything you can think up. I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who are of the Stanislavski school who think about detail.

Denholm Elliott

SchoolDetailThinkInterestingYou

Some novel lovers have no interest in comics, and some comics fans would never take the time to read a novel.

Christopher Golden

TimeNeverLoversFansTakeWould

Some in the bitcoin community have always taken an anti-government, anti-fiat, anti-bank approach to their philosophy. Ripple takes the orthogonal side of each of those.

Brad Garlinghouse

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