Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

Dumbness comes from the fact that a child is born deaf and that it consequently never learns how to articulate, for it is by the medium of hearing that such instruction is acquired.

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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If your job requires that you spend a lot of time communicating with people across organizational boundaries, email is perfect. Email is the lowest common denominator, and it's going to cross organizational boundaries really well.

Stewart Butterfield

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I trained at the Lee Strasberg Institute at Tisch, which is a huge foundation for young actors. They teach you their methods and give you the sense that acting is much more tangible than most people think. I think there's a mysticism of what acting is, in the fact that it's this ungraspable, spur-of-the-moment thing that nobody can understand.

Roberto Aguire

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Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen.

Mary J. Blige

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There's a difference between an actual insult and a friendly jab. So I don't think I'm offensive onstage.

Don Rickles

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I just never really though you could or couldn't listen to a certain type of music.

Jon Bellion

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People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.

Deontay Wilder

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My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me.

Derek Jeter

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When you're out in the field and spending time in these different places around the world, humility is one of the most important assets that will serve you well.

Clarissa Ward

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I have no intention of flattering people. I like wrinkles and crow's feet and flaws, and somebody should know, if I'm going to photograph them, that's going to show up, you know?

Chuck Close

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To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?

Anne Parillaud

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I intend to be making films until I'm an old lady. So, if God willing I get there, I need to create a paradigm for myself where I can make it regardless of whether or not they still like what I'm making.

Ava DuVernay

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I spent a lot of years just learning my craft and falling down in front of the camera.

Thomas Jane

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