Elihu Root Quotes

There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.

Elihu Root

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureGoodMenPeaceWorldBetter

I think failing the qualifying or the 11-plus actually hurt me more than I realised. After I'd become a professor of physics at the Open University, I suddenly thought, 'This is a bit silly.' So I suddenly became much more open about it. But I think probably I was hurt by the failure and didn't want to talk about it.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

FailureMeThinkHurtThoughtSilly

I do not believe that the children of presidents or vice-presidents should be assigned to combat zones. They have no place there.

John Eisenhower

ChildrenBelievePlaceCombatShould

Nobody gets a free pass in life, and that's awesomely true for a drag queen or anyone else in the LGBT community. But I like to say, 'Don't be bitter, get better.'

Alyssa Edwards

LifeCommunityQueenFreeBetter

Probably the biggest thing is the private planes. Wow, that thing's amazing. Got all the food on there, a bunch of drinks. I don't know, It's just amazing, never seen nothing like it. Tables, tables on planes, that's amazing. That was probably the biggest 'whoa' for me, like, 'I made it'. This big private jet, you're like, 'Whoa.'

Steven Adams

FoodAmazingMeYouKnowNothing

By taking to the road, we free ourselves of baggage, both physical and psychological. We walk back to our original condition, to our best selves.

Robyn Davidson

BestWalkRoadFreeBackOriginal

I feel like the great filmmakers who have a true voice, yeah they take the notes, they understand the notes, but it's really about the notes underneath the notes. When you do a test screening and somebody says, 'Well, I didn't like the love story,' but it was probably just too long.

Louis Leterrier

LoveGreatVoiceStoryFeelYou

Wyndham Lewis is basically a pessimist, thinking of human beings as doomed animals or determinist machines. His theory of satire is based on this view, and he finds plenty of evidence to support it in contemporary practice.

Louis MacNeice

PracticeSupportThinkingViewHuman

Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.

Lleyton Hewitt

LostRoomManyLockerWonMatches

The way we're going about things and what we want to do, we feel it has to be a really pure essence of music. That's where you get the most out of it.

Chris Robinson

MusicFeelYouWantWayOut

I wanted to draw and do costumes. I was prepared to train for that, but I needed something to do on my time off from high school, so I called an agent without telling anyone and started working with her.

Clemence Poesy

TimeSchoolHigh SchoolTrainHigh

You can't hide when you're on the top of the leaderboard. You can't hide my name.

Brooks Koepka

NameYouHideTop

I want to offer plus-size women the opportunity to wear fun colors and to avoid the pitfalls of only wearing black because many curvy girls think it is the only color that is slimming.

Ashley Nell Tipton

WomenOpportunityFunColorsThink

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