Henry David Thoreau Quotes

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TogetherManMoonYouthBridge

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it's all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort - but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that's still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do - that's a huge piece to moving your life forward.

Jocko Willink

LifeMorningTimeMovingStartWarm

I just want to be written about as a normal artist.

Robert Mapplethorpe

LiveHopeEnoughLongI CanFame

It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to describe them as bipolar. Whether it's Hemingway, Van Gogh... Robert Schumann has been mentioned... Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath... some of them with rather grim ends.

Stephen Fry

WomenGreatMenThinkGreat MenUs

I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.

Tracy Morgan

DramaComedian

The academic Left has a long history of taking the idea of 'false consciousness' seriously.

Tom Tancredo

HistoryLongSeriouslyAcademicLeft

It's nice to sort of walk in and at least create the illusion that you are, or your character is, a well-rounded human being, a complete person. Especially when you're playing these impressive, high-functioning professionals. You feel like you have to come in sort of guns blazing.

Luke Roberts

CharacterWalkFeelYouCreateNice

We have a moral responsibility to save wild places like the arctic refuge for future generations, and that is why our country has remained committed to its protection for nearly 50 years.

Lois Capps

FutureResponsibilityCountryMoral

People love me. And you know what, I have been very successful. Everybody loves me.

Donald Trump

LovePeopleMeLove MeYouKnow

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody.

Clint Eastwood

MePromisesDownSittingWhyTalk

I don't have any concerns fighting a teammate. It's a sport. To me, it doesn't really mean anything.

Alistair Overeem

MeFightingMeanTeammateAnything

Artists are blessed to travel all over the world. They see the trends before they even come out.

Tina Knowles

TravelBlessedWorldTrendsSeeOut

Think Apple, think the FBI. We are living 'Atlas Shrugged.' Why is it so important? Because I would hate for the country to have that rhetorical question: Where is John Galt, who is John Galt? John Galt is all of us.

Rick Santelli

HateThinkAppleCountryLivingWhy

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