Henry David Thoreau Quotes

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TruthAloneFaceWillMatterWell

I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.

John Ashcroft

PlayJustCourtAnymoreFull

I believe that the far-right and the far-left can be equally insane - but there's no question that in the first years of the Obama administration, the far-right has been far crazier. In part, this comes from parties being out of power - without the responsibility of governing to ground them, the activists and the ideologues take over.

John Avlon

PowerResponsibilityBelieveFirst

Look at my track record: All of the big hits we created in Holland worked globally.

John de Mol, Jr.

LookBigTrackCreatedRecordHits

I write about living, not dying.

John Diamond

LivingWriteDyingAboutI Write

Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking.

John Lasseter

MotherSimpleBabyShortYouDesk

I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.

Steven Seagal

LifeTimeDiversityThinkLongMore

God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.

Tony Kushner

GodMoneyWeekMoreWhereKnows

Liquidity is oxygen for a financial system.

Ruth Porat

FinancialSystemOxygenLiquidity

I grew up in the '80s, when breaking was cool, and then it got corny in the '90s, and it became cool again with all these choreographed B-Boy dance crews.

Matt Besser

DanceCoolUpGotAgainCorny

The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff.

Mary Roach

GreatBookBarHighPrettyStuff

My heritage, many generations back, is Dutch and it was fun to go where nobody asked me how to pronounce my name.

Mary Steenburgen

FunMeNameBackHeritageNobody

The idea of suicide is of a very set narrative, as if killing yourself is a definitive statement. But it can be just as meaningless as throwing a stone in a river.

Denise Mina

YourselfRiverSuicideStoneJust

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