Henry David Thoreau Quotes

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfHumanityMoreSeemBecoming

Drugs are a bet with your mind.

Jim Morrison

MindYourBet

I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.

Robert Rodriguez

WorkStoryDesignDoingGoMovies

Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions.

John Podhoretz

NowAnimalsTwoUsedComediansWho

Our goal should be to develop work-life policies that enable people to put their gender values into practice. So let's stop arguing about the hard choices women make and help more women and men avoid such hard choices.

Stephanie Coontz

WomenMenPracticePeopleChoices

In China, the government is involved in business in many different ways. They're involved in media and business. When you go to China, you have to rethink how you're doing everything. You have to become Chinese.

Travis Kalanick

BusinessGovernmentDoingMediaYou

I'm the kind of person where I always digest everything around me.

Trevante Rhodes

MePersonKindAlwaysEverything

I want to be remembered for Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller. I think Swiss is probably my favorite film.

Tommy Kirk

FamilyThinkWantOldRemembered

I started out in the Chabad movement, and I started pretty closed up, with the idea of there being that 'this is it.' I bought into that fully. I really explored in depth the Chabad ideology.

Matisyahu

MovementOutUpPrettyDepthBeing

God was very good to me as a child, and I'm a very blessed individual.

Marvin Gaye

GoodGodChildMeBlessedVery

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

Michel de Montaigne

SoulKindOthersOverSensesOnce

One might think of investment managers as astronomers and CEOs as astronauts. The two roles are radically different with distinct personality traits. Like astronomers, investment managers tend to be introverted, skeptical, and very analytical. CEOs, like astronauts, are the exact opposite, typically being extroverts, optimists, and, well, leaders.

Mohnish Pabrai

PersonalityThinkInvestmentTwo

Not only did I enjoy the creative side of Playboy and enjoy being surrounded by people who are curious about life, but I also love the analytical and hard business side of it.

Christie Hefner

LifeLoveBusinessCreativeCurious

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