Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 29, 1805 - April 16, 1859

Topics

LoveWorldCountryWayMoreNowhere

There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level.

Matt Smith

FamilyHistoryLevelPlayedDad

When I first seriously decided to become a cartoonist would have been '99/2000, right before 9/11. I've been writing and illustrating stories in the world post-9/11 since then, watching the world change around me.

Jeff Lemire

ChangeMeWritingWorldSeriously

The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology.

Stanislav Grof

CreativeEnergyPsychologyIndividual

I think a great piece, whenever it was written, gets under our skin, makes us feel something. That's what Beethoven was trying to do.

Steven Stucky

GreatThinkFeelTryingSkinUs

It's a fact that Anglo-Saxon supremacy impacts other cultures. That is plain and simple.

Stromae

SimpleCulturesFactAnglo-Saxon

I think it's good to have a nice, healthy group of people all doing different things. A lot of my friends don't even work in Hollywood; they just happen to live in L.A.

Topher Grace

WorkGoodLivePeopleThinkDoing

Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands of messages and voices bombard us from the moment we wake, fighting for our attention. All we see and hear, all day long, is news. And most of it is bad.

Joseph Prince

MomentDaySocial MediaForwardBad

I am a black belt in martial arts. I like to drink scotch. I go skydiving. So I never really saw myself as a woman or a minority. I just went out there and did my thing, and it didn't even cross my mind.

Cheryl Yeoh

MyselfWomanI AmMindBlackGo

It's hard sometimes because people don't take a model seriously in any sense. Unless she's taking a photo, that's as good as she is.

Coco Rocha

GoodPeopleSometimesSeriouslyShe

My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me.

Arthur Blank

PassionSportsCommitmentCompetition

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.

Antonio Tabucchi

LifeThinkSomeoneImportantWant

One of the things that I'm trying to do is use the position that I'm in... to encourage the next generation of girls to think about the Internet as a career opportunity.

Susan Wojcicki

OpportunityThinkGenerationInternet

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