Henry Bessemer Quotes

In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone.

Henry Bessemer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 19, 1813 - March 15, 1898

Topics

CuriosityGoNeverAskMustJust

My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids.

Joel Osteen

FamilyHobbyOutHangingKids

I work more with my stomach than my brain.

Maurizio Cattelan

WorkBrainMoreStomachThan

What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.

Sitting Bull

WomanI AmMeLonelyBadWhite

As a senator, I play an important role in crafting foreign policy.

Tom Cotton

PlayImportantPolicyRoleForeign

I wanted to be a car pinstriper, but there was nobody to teach me how to do it. So I said, 'Music's good too. I'll do that maybe, since I can't work out how to do this pinstriping.'

Ry Cooder

WorkGoodCarMusicMeNobody

I'm very much interested in getting prisons off the stock market. I'm very much interested in upgrading the public school system... and taking a second look at capital punishment.

Ruby Dee

SchoolStock MarketLookPunishment

For our teams that do great work, we have a tradition of giving Rolex watches. If you see all the key guys with their Rolexes, that's sort of our Medal of Honor if you do something big.

Ross Perot, Jr.

WorkGreatKeyHonorGivingWatches

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

GoodAdviceGood AdviceWellWho

We tend to assume that we have a baseline of speech that's going to be normal in all contexts, but the truth is, we all change our ways of speaking depending on who we're talking to. And so I think it's kind of a gesture of politeness to the people you're speaking to to try to say something in their own idiom.

Deborah Tannen

ChangeTruthPeopleTruth IsThink

I don't want to treat my little girl like she's made out of glass or wrap her in bubble wrap or anything! And I also don't want to be constantly correcting her or warning her. Or my least favorite, reprimanding her.

Constance Marie

GirlTreatWantGlassBubbleShe

I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.

Alice Paul

EqualityMeProblemsDirectionNever

I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.

Shawn Ryan

MyselfCreativePressureSayLevel

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