Bjornstjerne Bjornson Quotes

The greater the burden a man takes upon his shoulders, the stronger he must be to carry it. No words are unmentionable, no action or horror beyond powers of description, if one is equal to them.

Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: norwegian
  • Birth: December 8, 1832 - April 26, 1910

Topics

WordsManActionStrongerBurden

I'm homosexual... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green.

Jean Genet

EyesGreenQuestionsKnowWhyIdle

'No' is always an easier stand than 'Yes.'

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

StandAlwaysYesEasierThan

In the beginning, when I signed with Miami, they said they were never gonna trade me, and then, after first year, boom, they traded me to Toronto.

Jose Reyes

BeginningMeMiamiYearSaidNever

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for the road.

Johnny Mercer

FriendBabyRoadEndMoreMy Friend

I think young writers ought to be heretical.

Derek Walcott

ThinkYoungI ThinkOughtWriters

Great partnerships thrive because the people need each other.

Courtney A. Kemp

GreatPeoplePartnershipsThrive

There's this idea that because I'm a heavyweight, I'm not supposed to be in condition, that I should take advantage of the fact that I can eat. But I train and eat well, and it shows when I step on the scales.

Anthony Joshua

StepI CanTrainTake AdvantageEat

I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

Willie Stargell

FeelDeserveApplauseReally

I'm good with digital technology, but I start to miss the physical world. I miss riding my bike, talking to friends.

Pranav Mistry

GoodTechnologyBikeWorldStart

No man is worth sulking over.

Pratyusha Banerjee

ManWorthOver

Too many of the elderly do not have the family or the communal attachments necessary to feel valued; too many are widowed or otherwise alone; too many live in surroundings where they are essentially without the companionship necessary to stimulate a mind in danger of deteriorating.

Sherwin B. Nuland

FamilyLiveAloneMindFeelWithout

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

Thomas Paine

GovernmentWarBranchesTakeWould

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