Ella Maillart Quotes

When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his.

Ella Maillart

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: February 20, 1903 - March 27, 1997

Topics

FriendJourneySameGroundMy Friend

I typically do the opposite of what people think I am going to do.

Andre Ward

I AmPeopleThinkGoingOppositeAm

Good acting is really excellent carpentry.

John Lithgow

GoodActingCarpentryExcellent

Here, we tell the story: why the people came here, what they did when they got here, going back to the Native Americans and coming all the way forward.

Robert Patterson

PeopleForwardStoryBackWhyWay

I have very mixed feelings about big corporations. Oftentimes, they're more troublesome than not.

John Hillcoat

FeelingsMoreBigThanCorporations

If a show is good, it helps people learn about themselves in some way and in some function. Whatever the genre is, if it's executed well, audiences grow and learn from it, and that's where their passion and enthusiasm comes from.

Matthew Davis

GoodPassionPeopleGrowLearnWay

The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

Stephen Ambrose

WordsConstitutionAmericanGreatest

A 5-acre school each in Noida and Gurgaon is what we have; it costs Rs. 50 crore to buy the land and another Rs. 50 crore to build the property. That's the capital cost alone.

Shiv Nadar

AloneSchoolBuildLandProperty

We had a large common domain, already added by the several States for the common benefit of all; purchase and war might make large additions to this common domain; hence the power over existing and future territories, with the stipulation to admit new States, was conferred.

Robert Toombs

FuturePowerWarAdmitNewOver

From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs.

Mikhail Bakunin

NeedsHisEachAccordingFaculties

Oh, Zoe Kazan - I'd move back to Brooklyn for her. She makes me happy with my life. Knowing her, being at her dinner table, going on a walk with her is the best of all possible worlds.

Michelle Williams

LifeBestWalkHappyMeDinner

The jury is still out on whether I'm a genius or not.

Jason Robert Brown

GeniusJuryOutStillWhether

If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped.

Don King

TimeWingsBehindHeEveryBump

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Ella Maillart