Henry Adams Quotes

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

Henry Adams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 16, 1838 - March 27, 1918

Topics

SocietyAmericanReactionAnything

Atheists are pious people.

Max Stirner

PeoplePiousAtheists

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

Anita Diament

FamilyChildhoodEarlyNewDenver

I've lived through a lot of division championships, a lot of final-four appearances, but our goal is further than that. We want to deliver a Super Bowl.

Jeffrey Lurie

GoalSuper BowlWantDivisionLived

People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it.

Andy Partridge

WelcomePeopleFeetWillAnything

It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.

John Zorn

PeopleEdgeMatterSpontaneous

It is going to take a very brave man to love me.

Amanda Holden

LoveManMeBraveLove MeGoing

Of course, I was 19 years old, and I suddenly lost my legs. It was extremely traumatic at the time, but I'm so beyond that. I've done so much with my life.

Amy Purdy

LifeTimeMy LifeLostDoneLegs

I understand politicos gotta make bank. But cloistering with the Hollywood elite is not how you prove you're a man of the people.

John Ridley

ManPeopleYouHollywoodUnderstand

It's not that hard to stay grounded. It's the way I was brought up.

Sidney Crosby

WayHardUpStayGroundedBrought

But we are entitled to look for continuity in politics.

Jonathan Coe

PoliticsLookEntitledContinuity

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

Diogenes

ManWiseWise ManDiscoverTakes

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

Constance Baker Motley

WomenRevolutionWillHow FarLimit

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