George William Curtis Quotes

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

George William Curtis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 24, 1824 - August 31, 1892

Topics

WisdomBooksBurningLampsEver

I've grown up a lot, and I've realized that what I need to make myself happy is the people around you.

Jessie J

MyselfHappyPeopleYouNeedUp

Houston is my team, always and forever. But with the new TV packages, it's so easy to watch every league in the world, and my overseas fandom is driven by the American guys. If Sunderland's on TV, I'll watch Jozy Altidore. I try to watch Geoff Cameron at Stoke. When Clint Dempsey was at Tottenham, I watched a lot of his games.

Andrew Luck

TeamWorldAmericanEasyNewTry

The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh.

John Owen

LifePowerSpiritualComfortDeeds

In America, we have three major sports - baseball, football and basketball. They get the most coverage. Then there's things like golf which mop up most of what is left. But track and field? We are way at the bottom of the totem pole.

Maurice Greene

SportsFootballBaseballBasketball

It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect.

Michael Hirst

CharacterNot PerfectBetterPerfect

Ashtanga yoga is a well known practice for keeping yourself fit and healthy. Yoga is good for my body.

Trudie Styler

GoodYourselfPracticeBodyHealthy

Every morning, I'm visited by hummingbirds. I think it's nice, but maybe they're planning an attack?

Rutina Wesley

MorningPlanningThinkNiceAttack

I was gonna throw the first pitch at a Mets game, but there was a rain delay. So I'm waiting for it to stop, and the team's manager, Willie Randolph, comes by. Now he's already intimidating to begin with. But he comes over to me and says, 'If you screw this up, they will boo you.' And I said 'Thanks.'

Julia Stiles

RainWaitingMeTeamGameYou

Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.

Jonathan Safran Foer

CarFoodCultureIdentityDriving

People have almost been lulled into complacency because there are no signs over the water fountains. But the signs have been in the policies. There's still housing discrimination and wage discrimination.

Dee Rees

WaterPeopleComplacencyHousing

I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.

Chris Kirkpatrick

ChangeDesignCreatingNothingOut

While traveling, I love granola bars, trail mix nuts, dry cereal and fruit for on-the-go snacks. I also try and start the day with a high fiber and protein meal, such as whole-grain toast with peanut butter.

Christie Rampone

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