Ellsworth Huntington Quotes

As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.

Ellsworth Huntington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 16, 1876 - October 17, 1947

Topics

PlantsDesertForestMatterVariety

If you look at the movies that come out, most of them are bad, so it's not as if achieving some level of success means you get offered better roles, because frankly they don't seem to exist.

Jesse Eisenberg

SuccessBetterYouLookBadMovies

I believe that art has been a vehicle for me that's been about enlightenment and expanding my own parameters, to give me courage to exercise the freedom that I have in life.

Jeff Koons

LifeFreedomCourageArtMeBelieve

I want my team to win and to be the best player I can possibly be.

Johnathan Joseph

BestTeamWinI CanWantPlayer

My father is a poet. He's a literary giant of this country - writes in Hindi - and also quite unique because he has a Ph.D. in English Literature. He taught at Harvard University, which is one of the most prominent universities in the country.

Amitabh Bachchan

FatherLiteratureUniqueCountry

You grew up with America on the TV, and you think you know a place before you get there, and you have this idea of it in your head.

Stephen Morris

ThinkAmericaYouPlaceKnowHead

People always say to me, 'You have such a clearly defined sense of style,' and when I hear it, I get crazed, because what I hear - and I know they mean it as a compliment - is that I have such a narrow vision that I can't get out of it.

Stanley Donen

VisionStylePeopleMeYouKnow

If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.

Tommy Bolin

FunHaving FunDoingWorthYou

I'm incapable of feeling any joy.

Mike Birbiglia

JoyFeelingAnyIncapable

I lost over 100 pounds, so I'm even angrier than ever. I don't stuff my feelings anymore with food. Skinny girls are funny.

Lisa Lampanelli

FunnyFoodFeelingsLostOverStuff

Protection against the influence of the devil comes through the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the good news that Jesus Christ has made a perfect Atonement for mankind.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

GoodInfluenceDevilPerfectNews

When there's an accident, we all have to slow down and watch the accident. We all have to be a little voyeuristic. I mean, look at the world we live in now, with all these 'Big Brother' shows. We're all a bunch of voyeuristic people.

Donny Osmond

LiveBrotherPeopleWorldSlowLook

I don't divide my reading into demographic categories, any more than I'd divide my friends into groups along ethnic or sexual lines. The thing I look for most is a sense of literary rawness - bareback fiction, if you will.

Christopher Fowler

ReadingFriendsYouLookWillMore

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