Henry Morton Stanley Quotes

An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my command, my duty was to lessen this difficulty as much as possible.

Henry Morton Stanley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: welsh
  • Birth: January 28, 1841 - May 10, 1904

Topics

SpeedWantDutyAfricaPossible

The ethos on Wall Street has not changed, and that's not going to come from the corner office. That's going to come, for better or worse, from Washington, and the whole idea of greed is still good, that is still pervasive.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

GoodGreedBetterWallStreetGoing

You give a press conference, and they'll pick one word, they'll pick two words. The media is still out to write what they want to write.

Matt Harvey

WordsMediaYouWantOne WordWrite

In the YA community, we are fighting for you and alongside you. When you make your voice heard, we're gonna be even louder on your behalf. That's definitely what I would like for teenagers to know. We've got you. We got you. I promise we do.

Angie Thomas

CommunityVoiceFightingYouKnow

I am subject to very powerful lows. When you have highs, you have terrible lows. When you pinpoint that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, it is very frightening.

Jeanne Moreau

I AmYouPowerfulResponsibleLows

If you are a gun manufacturer, the product you make is not subject to safety regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Toy guns are subject to safety regulation; water pistols are, but not real guns.

Michael D. Barnes

WaterSafetyGunYouProductReal

I could go on a long rant about how much I despise e-mail. I wish it was more socially acceptable to ignore people.

Steve Huffman

PeopleIgnoreWishLongGoMore

That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous.

Shirley Manson

YourselfRebelRidiculousDifficult

The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill.

Rivers Cuomo

TruthHateMeTruth IsBadStage

There is just one exception to the FCC's no-throttling rule - if a company can prove that throttling is 'reasonable network management.'

Marvin Ammori

ManagementProveCompanyRuleJust

I've been on plenty of things that never took off, and I've been on one thing, 'The West Wing,' that was a big hit, but took off well before I was on it.

Joshua Malina

NeverThingsBigWestWellOff

Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that.

Bono

TechnologyPeopleWorldThinkLearn

There isn't any one material that's mine. It all depends on the context. For example, I did a house that had the most exquisite marble applications. That sounds ostentatious, but it wasn't, given the context. The color white I subscribe to extensively. I love thinking about color, but I often go with white.

Annabelle Selldorf

LoveColorThinkingHouseWhiteGo

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