Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862

Topics

LifeMenEnvironmentalTreesBetter

I'm 33 now and I seem to have hit a fitness plane. Shifting the wobbly bits isn't as easy as it used to be.

Matthew Rhys

FitnessEasyNowSeemUsedShifting

I would never encourage anyone to adopt a contractive posture. It's not good for you physically. It's not good for you psychologically.

Amy Cuddy

GoodYouNeverPostureEncourage

I didn't go to Hebrew school.

Amy Heckerling

SchoolGoHebrew

When I did 'Fast Times,' I felt very close emotionally to the characters. I liked those characters because they all had to work, so they were dealing with adult problems even though they were very immature, and I could relate to that.

Amy Heckerling

WorkProblemsFastImmatureAdult

I used to sleep nude - until the earthquake.

Alyssa Milano

SleepUsedEarthquakeUntil

I am quite hard to live with, and I know that if I go through a bad run, I'm not the best company and am best left alone. But I'm not nearly as bad as people like to make out.

Tony McCoy

LiveAloneBestI AmPeopleBad

The pictures are there, and you just take them.

Robert Capa

YouPicturesTakeJustThem

I'm always slightly worried if I do a film and we're filming it in Luxembourg. I know it's going to go straight DVD.

Michelle Gomez

GoKnowAlwaysFilmGoingStraight

It's a different thing to write a love story now than in the time of Jane Austen, Eliot, or Tolstoy. One of the problems is that once divorce is possible, once break-ups are possible, it can all become a little less momentous.

Mona Simpson

LoveTimeStoryProblemsDivorce

My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.

Lou Holtz

WifeMeWantHoursEvenSpend

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

Dennis Prager

WorkHomeTruthChoicesSayOutside

President Obama came to office proclaiming that he aims to solve problems, not hand them on to our children. Most presidents say that sort of thing.

Christopher Buckley

ChildrenProblemsSayHandOffice

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