Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FaithGreatI AmSpringMeBelieve

Humans are lazy but not stupid.

Jenova Chen

StupidLazyHumans

Writing is a workout, just like going for a run!

Meg Cabot

WritingRunGoingJustWorkoutLike

I think the notion of traditional anchor is fading away - the all-knowing, all-seeing person who speaks from on high. I don't think the audience really buys that anymore. As a viewer, I know I don't buy it.

Anderson Cooper

ThinkPersonKnowAnchorHighBuy

My wife is not a public person. She is uncomfortable with the limelight, which is why I love her. I don't want a political wife - I want someone who, when I get home, I can have a normal life with.

Jeb Bush

LifeLoveHomeWifePoliticalI Can

Holding people presumed to be innocent in jail pre-trial simply because they cannot afford to pay their bail extracts huge human and financial costs.

Stan Van Gundy

PeopleFinancialInnocentJailHuman

I'd love to make short film videos pushing the conventional standards of what a country music video can be.

Sturgill Simpson

LoveMusicShortCountryStandards

I think I have broken the mould that actresses have to be extremely thin on screen. All those who are making my weight an issue just prove that people are jealous. These are people who have nothing to do in life except to stare at their computer screens and make comments on us.

Sonakshi Sinha

LifeBrokenPeopleJealousThinkUs

I think it's important to move people beyond just dreaming into doing. They have to be able to see that you are just like them, and you made it.

Sonia Sotomayor

PeopleThinkDoingYouImportant

I don't think of my characters as bumbling. I think that trouble is what drives a novel, both big troubles and small troubles, and whatever people try to do in life, there are a series of stumbling-blocks in the way, and I think that makes for interesting reading. I think of them as doing their best with the roadblocks that they're given.

Tom Drury

LifeBestPeopleSmallReadingWay

You have to be committed to the people and willing to do what is in their best interest even when it isn't in your best interest, and you have to be committed to getting results even if you don't get the credit.

Ron Crumpton

BestPeopleCreditYouResultsGet

I lived in a studio apartment until my mid-30s. I don't have an extravagant lifestyle.

Craig Kilborn

LifestyleApartmentLivedStudio

Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur.

Chuck Palahniuk

BestMeIdeasFreeDoingExercise

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