Henry Lawson Quotes

Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to our shores? And what sort of thanks do we get for it?

Henry Lawson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: June 17, 1867 - September 2, 1922

Topics

HomeAustraliaWayPoorThanksGet

I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.'

Jimmy Piersall

DoctorDieYouSaidMoreYears

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

Jim Rohn

EducationRoadMotivationSomeone

How do you talk about the Holocaust? How do you talk about slavery? Probably the best thing to do is just be quiet and hide from it, forget about it. Except, then it jumps up and bites you. Because it's there.

John Edgar Wideman

BestSlaveryYouHideHolocaustUp

I remember early on, in my very, very early days, I had a makeup artist tell me that I needed to get an attitude. I had no idea what he was talking about.

Andie MacDowell

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Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

John Milton

MeLibertyKnowConscienceGive Me

My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still.

Maya Angelou

LifeMy LifeLongSometimesTry

I never outgrew my conversion to atheism at 13, but at various times was a serious cultural Jew.

Steven Pinker

SeriousNeverAtheismConversionJew

I'm interested in painting the most beautifully compelling pictures and images and metaphors and stories and explanations possible that will put Jesus in language for a world that desperately needs to hear it.

Rob Bell

PaintingWorldLanguagePictures

Would I marry again? No. But never say never. Why marry? It's a beautiful fortress, but I don't need it.

Robin Wright

BeautifulSayWhyNeverNeedAgain

Our safety at home and the cause of freedom abroad is largely contingent upon our success in Iraq.

Ron Lewis

SuccessHomeFreedomSafetyCause

You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which, for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the cubist novel.

Michael Ondaatje

TimeMeViewYouPoint Of ViewSame

What matters is that my daughter is surrounded by love. I believe in the right to go down the path that feels best for you.

Monica Cruz

LoveDaughterPathBestBelieveYou

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