Ezra Stiles Quotes

Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right.

Ezra Stiles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 10, 1727 - May 12, 1795

Topics

JusticeGovernmentHappyLawRight

The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!

John Bruton

TimeMeFinancialHorizonLongWill

Artists are expected to fit into fraudulent categories.

Robert Smithson

ArtistsFitExpectedFraudulent

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

Robert M. Hutchins

CriticismTradeMustOnlySchools

We just make clothes, but for some, that's an important thing.

Robert J. Fisher

ClothesImportantMakeJustSome

Encountering a real place enhances the performances of actors in subtle ways and changes the spiritual texture of the film.

Michael Cimino

SpiritualPlaceChangesRealTexture

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

Soren Kierkegaard

BelieveHardBecauseObey

Through a mix of market forces and regulation, we've brought civilization to the electronic provinces.

Steven Levy

CivilizationThroughMarketForces

There is certainly greatness in the '60s generation. They changed our attitudes about race in America, which was long overdue. They didn't just stand up and salute when told to go to war. Women finally began to realize a more equal place in our society.

Tom Brokaw

WomenGreatnessWarSocietyStand Up

I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.

Roger Federer

GoodTodayRespectParentsMeEnjoy

I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he's dumb as an ashtray.

Roger Ailes

DumbHimSoftLikeHeSpot

We live in a classist, racist, homophobic society into which we are very assimilated, that's all. I'm not really proud about that.

Diego Luna

LiveSocietyProudHomophobicVery

There is something inexpressibly sad in the thought of the children who crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims and the fathers of Jamestown, New Amsterdam, and Boston, and the infancy of those born in the first years of colonial life in this strange new world.

Alice Morse Earle

LifeSadChildrenOceanWorldBorn

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