Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

Alexander Graham Bell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: inventor
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: March 3, 1847 - August 2, 1922

Topics

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The single dynamic that helps people be most aware of God and most experiencing the fruit of the Spirit is gratitude.

John Ortberg

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Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else's aesthetics. I think you're born an artist or not. I couldn't have learned it. And I hope I never do because knowing more only encourages your limitations.

Robert Rauschenberg

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Thanks to our modern era, facts are incredibly easy to come by. A few web searches for your subject matter, and you have all the information you could dream of.

Andy Weir

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When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.

Amy Poehler

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When you have hardcore fans of something like 'Miranda,' people can't see you any other way than Gary Preston, which is fair enough.

Tom Ellis

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I'm a fiscal conservative. That's how I define myself.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity.

Mike McCurry

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I certainly wasn't able to get it when I was a kid growing up on the Lower East Side; it was very hard at that time for me to balance what I really believed was the right way to live with the violence I saw all around me - I saw too much of it among the people I knew.

Martin Scorsese

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I've achieved a certain amount of success and now I'm thinking about the good things I can do.

Lori Greiner

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I guess what led to me writing 'Holes' was having moved to Texas in 1991, and it was sort of my reaction to Texas.

Louis Sachar

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I think in some ways it's good to have at least one thing for which you could be really immortal, you know?

Christopher Lambert

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Growing up, I'd never heard of any female producers or songwriters. I didn't know you could be a girl and produce, which is terrible.

Astrid S

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