Gerrit Smith Quotes

When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning.

Gerrit Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodHomeTimeManThoughtsSlavery

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

John Milton

LiveForgetHerTeachingHow

During the course of 1989, more and more East Germans lost their fears of the state's repression and chicanery and went out on the streets. There was no turning back then. It is thanks to their courage the Wall was opened.

Angela Merkel

CourageBackWallLostMoreOut

I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before - and from other years, too - to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step.

Tony Romo

StepNegativeThinkYearYouNeed

I always wrote songs. Elementary school, middle school. It didn't feel more creative than speaking. It was just normal to do that.

Lucy Dacus

CreativeSchoolFeelMoreMiddle

The more you're writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it's at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.

Lou Doillon

PeopleWritingSmallYouIntention

But if you want to continue to be slaves of the banks and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit.

Josiah Stamp

MoneySlaveryControlCreditYou

People forget what it was like to be young, the stuff I'm expressing now is for the first time.

Joss Stone

TimePeopleYoungForgetNowFirst

A lot of people in Nashville think that the best song is the catchiest or the one that sells the most copies. They're editing songs in a way that make them seem more consumable, I guess. I'm trying to edit them in a way that makes them more honest.

Jason Isbell

BestPeopleSongThinkTryingWay

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

Colonel Sanders

BusinessManYouReasonCemetery

Music is unique because you can get behind enemy lines a little bit, get into people's houses and into their heads, on their stereos, and win hearts and minds.

Conor Oberst

MusicPeopleWinYouUniqueEnemy

The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works.

Antony Garrett Lisi

MathematicsUniverseQuantumOurHow

I was constantly reading books about how to direct, and asking directors, 'How do you do it?' And when I finally actually started doing the work, it seemed like you have to be decisive and have an opinion. But also you have to be a good collaborator and hire the right people to shore up whatever your skill set is.

Susanna Fogel

WorkGoodPeopleOpinionReading

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