Henry Beston Quotes

Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well a religious emotion, a poetic mood, which gives depth to the adventure of humanity.

Henry Beston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 1, 1888 - April 15, 1968

Topics

FearExperienceManAdventureNight

I believe in metaphysics. I don't believe in God because I think that is a human simplification of the things we can't explain. But I believe in a greater universe.

Jochen Zeitz

GodBelieveThinkUniverseI Believe

I never watched TV because I was always doing a game. I didn't have any experience to be home watching games. I didn't know how to do it. Brent Musburger and those guys could sit and watch every game and know the scores. And I was amazed and said, 'I'd like to have something like that someday.'

John Madden

HomeExperienceGameDoingKnow

Going to a one-plane swing method has made me a much more consistent player. Even when I'm not on, I never get very far off.

Matt Kuchar

MeSwingMoreNeverGoingGet

I told them that free people always had to decide where to draw the line between their liberty and their security. I noted that the attacks would almost certainly push us as a nation more toward security.

Michael Hayden

PeopleFreePushSecurityLiberty

With 'Twilight,' I felt the actors needed to be up-and-coming artists that haven't been recognized yet.

Stephenie Meyer

TwilightArtistsBeenRecognized

Since declaring that she would not serve in a second Obama administration, Clinton has dismissed suggestions that she will run in 2016.

Ron Fournier

RunWillSheServeWouldSecond

Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult.

Michael Morpurgo

IsolationThinkWriteDifficultMost

I'm not a Christian.

Michael Sheen

Christian

Most people prepare for travels by reading about their destination; it always seemed an odd approach to me. I find it much easier and more pleasant to focus with the sights and smells of a place rattling around in my mind.

Michael Specter

FocusPeopleMindMeDestination

I do work really hard to be nice to people. Well, actually, I think it doesn't take much effort to be nice to people, so why shouldn't we all be nice to each other? But I do appreciate very much a woman who is in a position of power who is unapologetic about her position and her belief in her own abilities.

Miriam Shor

WorkPowerWomanEffortPeopleNice

There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As a creative person myself, I work better with parameters as opposed to anything goes.

Jason Blum

WorkMyselfCreativeBetterDoing

I grew up in the '70s and '80s, at a time that I'd argue was the absolute golden age of American popular culture. Because not only did we have all of the fantastic new stuff in print and on screens, but we had a constant supply of everything that came before, as well.

Chris Roberson

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