Henry David Thoreau Quotes

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartanlike as to put to rout all that was not life.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeLiveDeepOutSuckWanted

I think a lot of people overlook the importance of the menu as a marketing tool and a way of communicating to the customer what the ambition of their restaurant is. Not only the typeface and the design, but what is it printed on? Is it cheap-looking? Is it the right kind of paper for that restaurant?

Joe Bastianich

PeopleAmbitionThinkRestaurantWay

The goal was to work enough to pay my bills and stop going through the couch looking for change. Going way beyond that isn't something I really factored in.

Melissa McCarthy

WorkChangeLookingEnoughGoalWay

It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.

Max Beerbohm

NatureManLawPortraitSitObvious

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.

Sigmund Freud

LoveSufferingNeverAgainst

How do you know Hollywood is getting serious about video games? They want to make one of their own. In 'Defiance,' the remaining humans on Earth, as well as alien species looking for a new home, find themselves settling for peace after a massive war desecrated the world and destroyed most of the alien ships along with it.

Rob Manuel

HomePeaceWarVideo GamesWorld

The way I started playing music was sitting around with friends and singing songs. I love good ol' fashioned guitar pulls.

Rodney Atkins

LoveGoodMusicSingingGuitarWay

Life is a game and true love is a trophy.

Rufus Wainwright

LifeLoveTrue LoveLove IsGame

When I first came to Wakefield Cathedral, I thought, 'How does man conceive to build something like this?' It's a building that has transcended time over the centuries, and you appreciate the magnitude of humankind's power and vision. When you're inside, you feel as though the rest of the world doesn't exist.

Jonathan Anderson

PowerVisionTimeManWorldRest

You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.

Jonathan Carroll

LoveWalkBeginningLaughYouSure

I've learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you'd talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story.

Brene Brown

LoveMotherStruggleYourselfStory

I do get the sense sometimes that if I draw things too nice, maybe I won't be indie-rock enough anymore.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

EnoughNiceSometimesThingsGet

Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.

Alma Gluck

AgeSurviveUnderstandingHandsSome

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