Charles W. Chesnutt Quotes

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.

Charles W. Chesnutt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 20, 1858 - November 15, 1932

Topics

HomeChickensComeLikeSinsRoost

The first notes I still play when I start a sound check are classical. Those are my roots.

Andrew Bird

RootsStartPlaySoundFirstCheck

I predict that as warm weather returns to Europe, so will the flood of Middle Eastern immigrants.

John J. McLaughlin

WeatherWarmImmigrantsWillPredict

We needed 40 years to overcome East Germany. Sometimes in history, one has to be prepared for the long haul and not ask after four months if it still makes sense to keep up our demands.

Angela Merkel

HistoryLongBe PreparedSometimes

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

HateKnowTeachNothingTalkThings

People have certain ideas of what they think you should be, and I have fought that categorisation my whole life.

Michael Buble

LifePeopleIdeasThinkYouWhole

I have realized that I hate going to the premieres of the movies that I'm in. Because I feel this tension after the movie is over that everyone feels obligated to say something nice to you. It's so unnatural and uncomfortable.

Amanda Seyfried

HateFeelUncomfortableYouNice

I knew I had to write about Canada. I just could not find in literature any examples of the immigrant experience that I've had.

Shyam Selvadurai

ExperienceLiteratureFindCanada

There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food.

Jonathan Safran Foer

SadFoodCulturePriceNeverBeen

When you beat a team so often - especially like this season when Chelsea had already lost three times to us - you know people expect you to do it again. But you also know they're going to be even more motivated to finally win.

Dennis Bergkamp

PeopleTeamWinYouKnowThree

There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.

Conan O'Brien

LifeFearWorstMoreThingsYour

The satellite business is a very successful business, very profitable business, and serves the broadcast market in addition to the telecoms market.

Chua Sock Koong

BusinessSuccessfulProfitableMarket

To me, it's like the difference between a pen and a paintbrush. Music draws from almost the identical place as art does, which really is that intangible - it's like you're pulling from the ether. I don't know where it comes from. Nobody really does. It sort of arrives when it wants to.

Brandon Boyd

MusicArtMeYouPenPlace

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