Bertha von Suttner Quotes

The stars of eternal truth and right have always shone in the firmament of human understanding. The process of bringing them down to earth, remolding them into practical forms, imbuing them with vitality, and then making use of them, has been a long one.

Bertha von Suttner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: austrian
  • Birth: June 9, 1843 - June 21, 1914

Topics

StarsTruthProcessUnderstanding

The prescience of the founding fathers continues to astonish me. They were freedom fighters. They made America. They gave us this magical country. They also were slaveowners - which is confusing to their legacy. How could such brilliant men have only secured freedom for themselves, but not their wives or their slaves?

Andy Dunn

FreedomMenMeLegacyAmericaUs

Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.

Andrew Cuomo

New YorkNewDamageYorkFlooding

I love my son and am proud of my son.

Robert H. Schuller

LoveSonProudI LoveAm

Critics try to pin so many different inaccuracies on me and my music; they look at the complicated things and try to simplify them. They think they can nail your whole life down just by knowing the bare bones of your history in partaking in 10 minutes of conversation.

Jeff Buckley

LifeMusicHistoryMeThinkLook

Innovation, especially in America, is continuing at a breakneck pace, even in areas facing substantial political or regulatory headwinds. The advances in health care in particular are breathtaking - so many selfless souls are working to advance science, and this is heartening.

Michael Burry

InnovationScienceHealthSelfless

Don't let anyone make you believe the length of your skirt is a measure of your character.

Amitabh Bachchan

CharacterBelieveYouMeasureSkirt

Making movies is all about compromise, negotiation, and sacrifice, but the process helps you distill what's really important to you, and once you have identified what those these things are for any particular sequence, you hold onto them and don't let them go.

Miguel Sapochnik

SacrificeCompromiseProcessYouGo

To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to succeed, they must learn to work hard, and they should not expect to be treated with kid gloves.

Michael Sata

WorkWork HardSucceedParentLearn

You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared.

Lotte Lehmann

MeWingsYouMoreAlwaysThan

I'm no genius.

Lou Holtz

Genius

Basically, the intersection between the animal world and the plant world is where life regenerates itself over and over, billions of times each day. It's the foundation of life on our planet.

Louie Schwartzberg

LifeDayAnimalWorldPlantOver

A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.

Dick Van Dyke

ViolenceWantKindJustLotThing

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