Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Elizabeth Gaskell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 29, 1810 - November 12, 1865

Topics

FriendWiseActionParentDesire

No one disputes that online businesses offer much more variety than their analog counterparts.

Anita Elberse

MoreVarietyOfferOnlineThanMuch

There are naked people in boots on a mountain top firing guns.

Andy Richter

MountainPeopleBootsTopNaked

And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them back to the track and give 'em away or try and sell them. Much to my parents' dismay, I majored in photography in college.

John Sexton

SchoolParentsCollegeHigh School

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Silius Italicus

TideFortuneMakeHasteSoon

In the theatre, we're all charlatans and liars and scavengers and fly-by-nights.

Simon McBurney

TheatreLiarsCharlatans

Be sure you positively identify your target before you pull the trigger.

Tom Flynn

YouTargetSurePullYourIdentify

My pet peeves are people touching me a lot. Random dudes grabbing me and slapping me across the back. They're not doing it on purpose, but it's like they forget I'm a person. But you can't do anything about it. What are you going to do?

Rob Gronkowski

PetPurposePeopleMeRandomDoing

Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons.

Joseph Rotblat

PeacePresentPoliticalMilitary

The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.

Jonathan Edwards

TravelHeavenBiasWayHardContent

We must form public-private partnerships to collectively improve children's health.

Denise Morrison

ChildrenHealthPartnershipsImprove

I live in Vermont, and we don't have a tax incentive there, and therefore, we don't have professional crew there.

Colin Trevorrow

LiveProfessionalTaxIncentiveCrew

I knew that a zombie book would not particularly appeal to some of my previous readers, but it was artistically compelling, and being able to do a short nonfiction book about poker was really fun and great.

Colson Whitehead

GreatFunBookShortPokerBeing

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