Elmer Davis Quotes

This nation has given the world an object lesson in the whole duty of neutrals, which is to furnish an outlet for the wrath of a belligerent who is annoyed because he cannot defeat his opponent.

Elmer Davis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 13, 1890 - May 18, 1958

Topics

WorldLessonDefeatDutyNation

At Sequoia, upwards of a hundred entrepreneurs a week present, and if we're lucky, maybe a dozen of them are focusing on the enterprise.

Jim Goetz

PresentWeekLuckyDozenMaybeThem

First thing you have to understand is that freestyling is much different than making hip-hop music: there's another whole element to being a hip-hop MC.

John Cena

MusicYouHip-HopUnderstandFirst

It is definitely somewhat a crutch of feeling that you have to please others in order to be accepted.

Angie Stone

YouFeelingOthersOrderAccepted

If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.

Simon Sinek

StartYouDreamGoalClearly

It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes.

Tori Amos

FunWriteKeepCrewToesMinutes

One goes on with the blithe belief that who you really are is transparent to everybody. Then you realise, with some horror, that in fact it's not. So all you can do is keep muddying the waters a bit.

Rosamund Pike

YouHorrorBeliefTransparentKeep

When you leave your country, it's hard to leave your family over there. My whole family is in Venezuela.

Miguel Cabrera

FamilyYouCountryHardOverLeave

I truly believe that if I'm out partying and not in the studio, there's somebody out there who will be. When I'm asleep, somebody else is working. So, I have a lot of sleepless nights.

Logic

BelieveWillPartyingOutWorking

'Beetlejuice' used to scare me.

Julia Garner

MeUsedScare

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.

Jorge Luis Borges

EthicsEvilSpeakInfiniteOthers

There's no way that I could do a 9 to 5 job. There's no way. I was not cut out for that. You come in and you work for three months on the one job. They say, 'Great,' you know, and you're on to the next one - and you never even got fired. It's wonderful.

Dennis Quaid

WorkGreatJobYouKnowThree

I have two daughters.

Asghar Farhadi

TwoDaughters

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