Henry Mayhew Quotes

But the branches of industry are so multifarious, the divisions of labour so minutes and manifold, that it seems at first almost impossible to reduce them to any system.

Henry Mayhew

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 25, 1812 - July 25, 1887

Topics

ImpossibleFirstSystemIndustry

Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

Joe Torre

SometimesQuickTriggerUmpires

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.

Anna Jameson

ExperienceMeWorldQuestionOut

I'm constantly warning people that are involved in my life that I can go busk and make a living. I can make my rent in New York City in the subway, I promise, if I'm forced to.

Steve Earle

LifeNew YorkPeopleCityMy Life

The moment the world falls apart, you start forgetting history and wrongdoings in the past.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

HistoryMomentPastWorldStartYou

A decision by Germany's highest court that banned the display of crosses or crucifixes in classrooms has sparked widespread outrage and protest.

Stephen Kinzer

DecisionProtestDisplayCourt

Failure is your invention.

Sophia Amoruso

FailureInventionYour

I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself.

Michael Schenker

MyselfI AmMeInspireDoingPlay

In computers, we do all kinds of manual manipulations. We grab and drag icons. We click on and open windows. We pull down a screen. We stretch a screen. We scroll up and down.

Louis B. Rosenberg

ComputersDownWindowsUp And Down

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

Denis Diderot

PatriotismSocietyEphemeralMotive

For whole swaths of people, that map of, 'Come along this way, come to college, do this and that,' isn't offered.

Debra Granik

PeopleCollegeWayMapAlongWhole

I wouldn't go across the street to see a Bouguereau. His pictures look false; he does not get the truth of what he wishes to represent. His light is not outdoor light; his works are waxy and artificial. They are extremely near being frauds.

Winslow Homer

TruthLightLookPicturesGoStreet

I like animals, all animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog - or a chicken or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian.

Peter Dinklage

DogMeHurtSomeoneCowWhy

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