Catherine Helen Spence Quotes

I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia - of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export.

Catherine Helen Spence

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryGreatMyselfRoadsValue

If God had intended us to fly, he'd have never given us railways.

Michael Flanders

GodFlyNeverUsHeRailways

That difficult start drove me on to inspire children and let them know that it is never to late to repair a bad experience at school, and once you get your head down and start to read books, you can really achieve.

Johnny Ball

ChildrenExperienceSchoolMeStart

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.

Amy Tan

WaterMyselfPainFaceLoseStone

I know Marco Rubio very well. He's a friend of mine. He's a man of deep faith. He is a man who follows Catholic dogma and - you know, for whom religion is very important.

Ana Navarro

FriendFaithManReligionDeepYou

One night, my father woke me up because he'd come home with a horse. Two days later, I asked my mother where it was, and she said it had run away. She'd sold it.

Roisin Murphy

FatherMotherHomeMeNightHorse

I am absolutely against any violence.

Milos Forman

I AmViolenceAgainstAbsolutelyAm

Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.

DeRay Mckesson

PainJoyPeopleBlackMoreAlways

Poorer students take out larger loans and will have to contribute more to the cost of higher education.

Anne Campbell

EducationHigher EducationWillMore

For me, meditation's hard because I feel like I have developed 'cultural attention-deficit disorder,' where, because we have so much stimulation, I feel like I have trouble focusing on things for very long. So when I try to meditate, my brain gets so scattered.

Shawn Achor

MeBrainFeelLongTroubleTry

I don't ride the subway. Either I walk, or I take a New York City taxi.

Nina Garcia

WalkRideNew YorkCityNewSubway

I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I have never made one.

James Gordon Bennett

MistakesMistakeNeverMadeClaiming

Life is all about balance and following what the universe provides for you.

Gnash

LifeBalanceUniverseYouFollowing

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