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David Josiah Brewer Quotes

He who is honest in his dealings simply because of the social prestige and position it secures will never develop his higher nature, but will always live along the lower lines.

David Josiah Brewer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: judge
Nationality: american
Birth: June 20, 1837 - March 28, 1910

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Nature Live Will Never Always Along

Every summer, I regret that I didn't become a college teacher. Such a sweet life! With all that vacation time! You'll never get me to believe that being a tenured professor at a good college is anything but Heaven on earth.

Michael Dirda

Life Good Teacher Time Vacation Me

On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Live Dream Choice Unknown First Two

The default mode of modern writing about art is to despise any notion of singularity as so much overheated genius-fetishism.

Simon Schama

Art Writing Modern Much Singularity

A large part of my adolescence was spent doing my very best to draw attention to myself.

Rufus Sewell

Myself Best Doing Attention Large

Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.

Moliere

I Am Human Same May Oh Am

As a child, I heard many warnings from teachers about the perils of talking with strangers. Yet now, fairly late in my life, I can think of not many things better than to talk with strangers. The idea of being a stranger is also very appealing.

Michael Leunig

Life Child Think Better My Life

You know it's easy to say you shouldn't do something and then something happens and you say, 'Wow, I wish I would have done something.'

Louis Susman

Wish Easy You Know Done Say

I'm a lot of things, but none of them are great.

Don Nelson

Great Things None Lot Them

Secretariat was just ridiculously endowed with every positive quality that a person would seek out in a non-human. He was very aware of his environment; he surveyed the terrain before he ran and would look people in the eye.

Diane Lane

Positive Quality People Eye Look

If you don't want to play clean football then go up into the stands.

Diego Maradona

Football You Play Go Want Clean

Hockey's my favorite sport.

Denis Leary

Hockey Favorite Sport

I never declared I wanted to be an astronaut, as I considered that was presumptuous.

Brian Binnie

Never Wanted Astronaut Presumptuous