Elihu Root Quotes

The wolf always charges the lamb with muddying the stream.

Elihu Root

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 15, 1845 - February 7, 1937

Topics

WolfStreamAlwaysLambCharges

There's so many people that dislike you all the time, so when somebody loves anything that you do, you go 'Yes! Finally!' Even if it means the dyn-o-mite thing.

Jimmie Walker

TimePeopleYouGoDislikeAnything

Even though the neighborhood I grew up in had some unhealthy elements, there was a caring there where you knew that you didn't want to get caught doing something wrong. There were bright spots in the neighborhood where I felt nurtured on a community level.

Sonja Sohn

CommunityCaringDoingYouWrongUp

So much of inspiration comes from collaboration with other musicians.

Rodney Crowell

CollaborationMusiciansInspiration

I'm celebrating my 40th year in show business this year.

Roy Ayers

BusinessYearShow BusinessShow

My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea.

Mike Johanns

BorderGoalSameJapanCanadian

When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional.

Joseph Wambaugh

PeopleNeverAskInterviewWould

Even when we make mistakes, we hope others will love us in spite of our shortcomings - even if we don't deserve it.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

LoveHopeMistakesWillDeserveUs

If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man.

Joseph O'Neill

ManHappyCricketNeverWriteAgain

I think escapism is really important.

Jordana Brewster

ThinkImportantEscapismI Think

No one in the group was really growing up besides me, which is pretty weird 'cause there was no one in that group more self-destructive than I was.

Dee Dee Ramone

MeGrowing UpWeirdGrowingGroup

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words.

Archibald MacLeish

LifeWisdomFootballWordsPoetry

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.

Augusten Burroughs

New YorkPeopleCityMeCoolMeet

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