Gerrit Smith Quotes

As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the habit of freely imputing errors to my fellow-men.

Gerrit Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 6, 1797 - December 28, 1874

Topics

TimeHabitI AmMeNowFirst Time

There are moments from childhood that attract heat in our memories, some for their sublime brilliance, some for their malignancy. The first time that I was treated differently because of my race is one such memory.

Jesmyn Ward

MemoriesTimeChildhoodMemoryHeat

Hope is not a form of guarantee; it's a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark.

John Berger

HopeEnergyDarkCircumstancesVery

I do love to gamble; I hate to admit it.

Jennifer Coolidge

LoveHateAdmitGamble

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity.

John Nelson Darby

SimplicityChurchDoingAnythingWho

Nothing natural can be wholly unworthy.

Anna Julia Cooper

NothingNaturalUnworthyWholly

It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player.

Anna Kournikova

GoodPersonalityTennisPlayerAm

For me, the good food starts with good product.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

GoodFoodGood FoodMeProduct

If Carter had been there when the AIDS crisis came up, it would have been a whole different story. It could have been treated like a legitimate disease.

Jean O'Leary

StoryCrisisUpDifferentDisease

I have a special child and there are not a lot of services around for that special child, and so we picked out a school that would be a very good school for her.

John Raese

GoodSchoolChildSpecialOutHer

I believe that the family unit has fundamentally been the most positive thing for society, and I don't believe that any minority has the right to create changes that impact on the majority.

Stephen Baldwin

PositiveFamilySocietyBelieve

After many years of research on how the human brain learns to read, I came to an unsettlingly simple conclusion: We humans were never born to read.

Maryanne Wolf

SimpleResearchBrainBornNever

I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.

Ross Kemp

PeopleWorldEnjoyMeetGetSome

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