Gerrit Smith Quotes

But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.

Gerrit Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManYouBackNothingHimTell

I think rage is so ugly.

Jennifer Aniston

UglyThinkRageI Think

The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence.

Max Lerner

ExcellenceManGreatnessSearchSee

If we look at where relations between the Soviet Union and Germany were in 1945 and where we stand now, then we have achieved so much.

Angela Merkel

StandLookNowWhereSoviet Union

If you aren't a reader and you have a kid with his face buried in books, it can be a bit threatening. My parents viewed my reading as somewhat effeminate, but also subversive on some level.

Stephen McCauley

ParentsReadingFaceYouKidLevel

People who got on their feet and freaked about were called idiot dancers. and nobody wants to be called an idiot dancer. But the whole idea of rock and roll is to get people off their arses - that's what it's about.

Steve Marriott

PeopleFeetRock And RollIdiotRock

Barack Obama was a president who understood not only how technology could transform the way government services worked but also technology itself. He got it.

Steven Levy

TechnologyGovernmentWayPresident

Acting for me is like a ping-pong game. That's the secret of acting. When you have a really good actor, I always want to be as good as he is or she is.

Sibel Kekilli

GoodMeGameYouActingWant

A lot of people misunderstand what is Strong Style. Hard hits? Stiff? I don't think so. Strong Style is a kind of philosophy.

Shinsuke Nakamura

StylePeopleStrongThinkPhilosophy

Sin does not stop God's grace from flowing, but God's grace will stop sin.

Joseph Prince

GodGraceStopSinWillDoes

Families do not stop living. We have got to keep going on. This is what people do.

Johnny Van Zant

Keep GoingPeopleStopLivingGoing

Despite this lamentable lack of balance in our education I do not believe that either children or adults in my country are permeated by a widespread hostility to Germany.

Douglas Hurd

EducationChildrenBalanceBelieve

I don't think we interbred with the Neanderthals at all. There are some people who think that there was some level of interbreeding. I think that we look so biologically different, that we looked and we acted so different, and we culturally were so different that we would not have had interbreeding between two species.

Donald Johanson

PeopleThinkLookSome PeopleTwo

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