Charles A. Beard Quotes

Party machinery is not a fortuitous development, but is the direct result of the requirements of practical politics. The necessity of nominating candidates for offices leads inevitably to the development of caucuses and conventions.

Charles A. Beard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1874 - September 1, 1948

Topics

PoliticsResultPartyDevelopment

Hmm mmm I mean, work is work, I'll take whatever work I can get.

Matthew McGrory

WorkI CanMeanWhateverTakeGet

'Wrestlemania 34' was a great moment, winning that Andre the Giant Battle Royal, and I got to bring my creation - the Ultimate Deletion - to 'Raw' in the main event slot. Lot of cool stuff I've got to do.

Matt Hardy

GreatMomentCoolWinningBattle

There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.

Soren Kierkegaard

LifeMomentDeathJoyDieInsects

Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.

Stokely Carmichael

PowerBlackAmericaQuestionsWhite

Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.

Jaron Lanier

CommunicationPracticePersonalSeem

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.

Desmond Tutu

EvilHumanExtraordinaryHuman Beings

To put it bluntly, I feel relevant and valuable, and I am struggling to understand why, when women reach age 65, they encounter an invisible barrier of perception that says it's time to walk away. Shouldn't we have a choice in the matter? Shouldn't our experience and energy be worth more?

Bonnie Hammer

WomenAgeTimeExperienceWalkI Am

I was desperately shy when I was wee. Totally lacked confidence socially. When I look back at school photographs, I'm always the one shrinking in the back. What I really wanted to do was become a writer, and I don't think the residue of that has ever gone away. I still feel the ultimate achievement would be to write a novel.

Anne-Marie Duff

ConfidenceAchievementSchoolThink

I am obliged to believe certain opinions myself. No man's belief will save me except my own.

Anthony Collins

MyselfManI AmMeBelieveOpinions

I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.

William Inge

TimeBestThinkEscapeConscience

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

Plautus

LieSightTalentsOutGreatest

Translation makes me look at how a poem is put together in a different way, without the personal investment of the poem I'm writing myself, but equally closely technically.

Marilyn Hacker

MyselfTogetherMeWritingLookWay

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