Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I would love to take the WWE championship back to India. Nobody has ever taken a WWE championship to India, so just to think about the power that I would have to motivate the youth and to inspire a tremendous amount of people there is amazing.

Jinder Mahal

LovePowerPeopleAmazingYouth

Because of social media, we have a lot of personal essays floating around; you see them on Facebook: everyone's either reading them or writing them. Some of them are great; some of them are diary entries put forth as essays.

Meghan Daum

GreatSocial MediaWritingReading

My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak.

John le Carre

SocietyCareFirstWeakLosers

I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth.

Angela Merkel

GrowthMoneyMeToo MuchCrisis

I wanted to like 'Up in the Air' - I like Jason Reitman - but Vera Farmiga left me cold.

Andy Kindler

MeColdAirUpLeftLike

Dolce & Gabbana is like our child. The editing of a collection before a show is a tough call, as we would like to show everything!

Stefano Gabbana

ChildToughEditingEverythingCall

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

Michael Morpurgo

ChildShortRememberAttentionYoung

Women with education, skills, and independent sources of income are more able to withstand the pressures of the patriarchal family and more able to express their opinions and to move freely within their communities.

Deeyah Khan

FamilyEducationWomenOpinionsMore

On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger.

Donatella Versace

DressSexyFabricJust

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks.'

Brian Eno

IntelligenceActionLanguageTalking

I am led by what I find to be true, not what I find to be popular.

Alice Dreger

I AmBe TrueFindTrueLedPopular

Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.

Pietro Aretino

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