Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GriefManShadowSunShortBody

My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.

John Astin

WorkDreamsPeopleIdeasReach

I've always tended to play people who relish playing against the rules.

Jeremy Irons

PeopleRulesPlayAlwaysAgainst

I had an emerald ring that my mother gave me four or five years before she died. She wore it always, I wore it always, and I have given it to my daughter, and she wears it always. This ring belonged originally to my great, great grandfather. It's well over 150 years old.

Jennifer Johnston

MotherDaughterGreatMeGrandfather

Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great.

John Hodgman

GreatCelebrateThoughtDesireWell

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.

Tracy Kidder

WritingThinkHardReadI ThinkToo

Whenever you exclude God and the value system that He represents out of the equation of a life, of a family, or a culture, you create a spiritual vacuum. Nature abhors a vacuum. It must be filled with something.

Tony Evans

LifeFamilyNatureGodCultureYou

I worked at a PBS station called WQED in Pittsburgh.

Michael Keaton

PittsburghStationPBSWorked

I was kind of ashamed of my bourgeois family as a teenager, I guess - I had dreadlocks, shopped in thrift stores and pretended I had no money. At that time, I would have spat on a girl who was buying Yves Saint Laurent.

Lou Doillon

FamilyGirlTimeMoneyKindBuying

In certain professions, you can love your profession; you can do it in a very professional way and do it wonderfully, but you do not have this possibility to communicate with others - I express myself singing, and I think this is a real luxury.

Jose Carreras

LoveMyselfYou Can Do ItSinging

For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts.'

Douglas Booth

MomentStartBookReadingThinkYou

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

Dean Smith

LifeDeathGameProblemsYouDead

I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.

Chi McBride

LifeChangeTiredMy LifePhoneGot

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