Bjornstjerne Bjornson Quotes

Nothing has ever moulded our conscience so strongly as our knowledge of what is good and what is evil.

Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodKnowledgeEvilNothingOur

Boxing is a great example of it, but in football, sometimes you're taking greater hits than boxers. When you have one man going full speed against another man, and those heads are colliding, it's just the fact of science you're going to have results.

Jim Brown

ScienceGreatFootballManSpeed

I am unable to think of any critical, complex human activity that could be safely reduced to a simple summary equation.

Jerome Powell

SimpleI AmThinkHumanComplex

You can only tell so many bad-guy stories.

Stephanie Savage

YouTellOnlyStoriesMany

This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic.

Simon Van Booy

FashionLimitsDecisionsAesthetic

It's fortunate that I am a writer, because that has helped me understand the properties of words. They are what have made life complex. In the battle for status in the animal kingdom, power and aggressiveness have been all-important. But among humans, once they acquired speech, all that changed.

Tom Wolfe

LifePowerWordsI AmAnimalMe

Perhaps I'm absolutely bonkers and don't know it. Perhaps I'm psychotically mental.

Robbie Williams

KnowMentalAbsolutelyPerhaps

People don't appreciate their intestines until something goes wrong. But I always hope that people gain a little appreciation for their guts.

Mary Roach

HopeAppreciationPeopleAppreciate

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

GuiltyPersonOwnHangmanEveryHis

Poems, unlike songs, are written to be read and, thus, come equipped with their own rhythms and melodies; they're self-contained entities, the whole shebang.

Jonathan Miles

OwnWholeComeReadSongsPoems

All my friends were choosing university courses, but I had no interest in anything other than acting, so I applied to go to RADA.

Jonas Armstrong

FriendsActingGoAnythingInterest

Whenever I would get in trouble with my dad, my mom would always save me. So that's why I like my mom - she cool.

Wyclef Jean

MeCoolMomTroubleWhyShe

I spent years doing 'Star Trek' bits and things, and a lot of people loved it, a lot of people mocked it.

William Shatner

PeopleLovedDoingYearsStarSpent

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