Catherine Helen Spence Quotes

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.

Catherine Helen Spence

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: October 31, 1825 - April 3, 1910

Topics

CommunityPoliticalAustraliaFirst

My fondest memories are of watching lambs being delivered.

Jessica Raine

MemoriesWatchingBeingDelivered

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.

John Locke

LoveThoughtPresentHimDelightHe

All decisions in the criminal justice system must be determined by the physical and scientific evidence, and the credible testimony corroborated by that evidence, not in response to public outcry.

Robert P. McCulloch

JusticeDecisionsCriminal Justice

I did a lot of work with myself over the course of being pregnant and the first few months of being pregnant. It's nice, the pace of being pregnant; it gives you a long time to not just germinate a baby but germinate the mother that you're gonna be.

Ani DiFranco

WorkMotherTimeMyselfBabyYou

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

Stephen Leacock

PoliticsPoliticalNothingEconomy

But you can't exercise and be high. It's impossible.

Tommy Chong

ImpossibleExerciseYouHigh

I often find myself quoting from Victor Hugo after one of my theatrical ventures. 'Now that my play is a failure,' he once said, 'I find I love it all the more.' I first quoted that after 'Square Rounds' at the Olivier in 1992.

Tony Harrison

LoveFailureMyselfFindPlaySaid

I don't think a professional agent or theatre manager would say my career had gone as well as perhaps it should have after that first 'Oliver!' success, but then again I was never really intending to have a career in the professional theatre in the first place.

Ron Moody

SuccessTheatreThinkCareerPlace

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

Minna Antrim

BeautifulRomanticWomanSoulWise

Scores of Congolese die each day unnecessarily due to the lack of access to healthcare and modern medicine.

Dikembe Mutombo

DayMedicineDieHealthcareModern

I look at Facebook a fair bit. I see what's posted. I see the travesties and illegalities of what police forces do. And I also see and understand that it is sanctioned by the general public - or we would do something.

Dennis Haysbert

PoliceLookUnderstandFairSee

I married way out of my pay grade. I have no idea how that happened.

Chris Pratt

WayPayOutIdeaNo IdeaHappened

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