Elihu Root Quotes

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.

Elihu Root

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GrowthGovernmentPracticeExercise

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

Jim Elliot

InspirationalGodBestChoiceLeave

I really didn't realise until I got back the work that goes into a performance. You're like an athlete - if you haven't been practising things tighten up. I had to do a lot of practice work, but I got through it. Even when I was 21 I would have a 40-minute nap on the day of a show, and I will still do that.

Michael Crawford

WorkDayPracticePerformanceYou

Secretly, I had always wanted to go to Vegas, and have my own really bad act!

Sigourney Weaver

VegasBadGoMy OwnAlwaysOwn

It's odd, because I used to see pictures, on telly or wherever, of what I now know to be Shaftesbury Avenue and I used to wonder what that amazing street with all the lights was. Well, now I know. I think when you get a wee taste of something, it maybe isn't what you thought it was.

Shirley Henderson

AmazingThinkThoughtYouPictures

I'm an orator, a raconteur.

Ron Shock

Orator

I believe that if each one of us have successful solo careers, it can only help the group's growth. It will allow the fans to see individual talent and make them appreciate us more. After all, we are in this for the long run and have every intention of returning with another album as Aventura.

Romeo Santos

GrowthTalentBelieveAppreciateRun

People only see permissiveness in the sense of having more.

Mary Quant

PeopleMoreSeeSenseOnlyHaving

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

Michelle Bachelet

WomenMeDemocracyBetterVoteOnly

My favorite was always smothered pork chops. Smothered pork chops. That would be my request if I ever had one, and it was pretty consistent.

Chris Bosh

AlwaysPorkPrettyConsistentWould

I went to Dartmouth College, graduated, and had the opportunity to play two professional sports - I played for the New England Patriots in the NFL and professional lacrosse for the Boston Blazers. I had an injury, so I had to stop so I could heal. But when I was playing football, I wasn't making a lot of money; I wasn't a superstar.

Brian J. White

OpportunitySportsMoneyFootball

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

Brendan Coyle

TruthGreatHumorThinkSituation

I was scared when I went to Conde Nast. I had heard horror stories about how they used you up and then spit you out and went on. But there was this great history of photography that had been done there.

Annie Leibovitz

HistoryGreatPhotographyYouDone

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