Elihu Root Quotes

The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify.

Elihu Root

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeaceActionShortFallArgument

How wonderful to know that Christianity is more than a padded pew or a dim cathedral, but that it is a real, living, daily experience which goes on from grace to grace.

Jim Elliot

DailyExperienceGraceKnowLiving

As a trumpet player, I was playing Xenakis, Lindberg: very challenging, technical, atonal, and I enjoyed it.

Andris Nelsons

TrumpetPlayingTechnicalPlayer

The values transmitted through oral history are many - courage, selflessness, the ability to endure, and to do so with humor and grace. I got those values listening to my dad's stories about the Depression and how their family survived. It gave me courage that I, too, could survive hard times.

Ann Turner

FamilyCourageHistoryDepressionMe

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

Ambrose Bierce

OpinionBeliefOwnStatement

None of our competitors have ever made two systems that run the same software.

Trip Hawkins

RunSoftwareTwoSameCompetitors

Really good books need a chaos element: something weird or inexplicable.

Michel Faber

GoodChaosWeirdNeedSomething

You can't leave civilization behind entirely.

Dirk Benedict

YouCivilizationLeaveBehind

'Game of Thrones' is wonderful. My theory is they employ all these British actors because, one, they are like me and grateful. Two, we turn up, and we know our lines. Three, we don't demand a 60 ft. Winnebago and PA, and four, largely we are very uncomplaining.

Diana Rigg

GratefulMeGameKnowThreeTurn

Accountability is a two way street. We can't just make it easier for us to fire people; we must make it easier for us to hire people. It takes VA an average of 240 days to complete the hiring process for executives joining VA from outside government. We are losing talented people because it simply takes too long.

David Shulkin

FireGovernmentLosingPeopleLong

A lot of times black folks look for love in all the wrong places. You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to please too much.

Chuck D

LoveLookingBlackTryingYouLook

Until the end of elementary school, I lived in a suburban area, so the type of village I used to live in is borderline between village and the city, so I'm familiar with the rustic environment.

Bong Joon-ho

LiveSchoolCityEndVillageLived

The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.

William Pitt

AirPressLike

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