Henry David Thoreau Quotes

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeBusinessPoetryThinkNothing

It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.

Jim DeMint

Do The Right ThingWrongRightOrder

People are much more important than superficial environments.

John Caudwell

PeopleImportantMoreThanMuch

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

Michael J. Fox

FamilyImportantEverythingThing

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.

Jeff Bridges

HurtAliveCynicismBeenShellMost

There are a lot of people - and time does this - who are going to be severely embarrassed for their bias and intolerance. And they're going to have to live with that; that's going to be their legacy. I refuse to have that as part of my legacy.

Michael Buble

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In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It's not a new policy.

John Prescott

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I'm a 30-year businessperson. I believe in American business. I believe in American ingenuity, and I believe in American innovation.

Tom Steyer

BusinessInnovationBelieveAmerican

When I didn't get a job, I thought, 'Don't worry, there'll be another one.' I still live by that now. Nothing really fazes me any more.

Luke Evans

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The Soviet Union was a one-party state. In such states, enemies of the party become enemies of the state, and the state can punish with full weight of prosecution.

Mimi Kennedy

PartyBecomeEnemiesSoviet Union

The U.S. is not pure capitalism. In fact, there's no place for pure capitalism, unregulated capitalism. We have a regulated system.

Lloyd Blankfein

CapitalismPlacePureSystemFact

When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn't understand that the sun is a relative and illuminates our path on this earth.

Joy Harjo

PathSunPeopleEarthUnderstandUs

I'm missing an index finger.

Jason Pierre-Paul

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