Alexander Herzen Quotes

No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.

Alexander Herzen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: April 6, 1812 - January 21, 1870

Topics

BlameWorldBornDyingFaultWhole

Some of the routines come back very easily. We do it off the top of our heads.

Jerry Stiller

BackTopOffComeOurSome

Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.

John Ashcroft

ChangeGreatWorldNothingWithout

For every African state, like Ghana, where democratic institutions seem secure, there is a Mali, a Cote d'Ivoire, and a Zimbabwe, where democracy is in trouble.

Michael Ignatieff

DemocracyTroubleSeemWhereSecure

For 70 nights, right across America, I've been getting out there with two ex-lovers and we've been playing songs which are so specific about each of us, you just wouldn't know. We're friends now but we can't forget what happened between us.

Stevie Nicks

FriendsAmericaYouKnowForgetNow

Sir Hugh Greene is the man I hold most responsible for the state of our country today. For 11 years hardly a week went by without a sniping reference to me. And he gave access to anyone who was prepared to say anything morally subversive.

Mary Whitehouse

TodayManMeWeekCountrySay

If I don't ask for something, I'm not going to get it.

Ruchi Sanghvi

AskSomethingGoingGet

I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.

Mike Tyson

LoveBestFightWantJustI Love

I came into this business to create characters that moved people and told stories.

Michael T. Weiss

BusinessPeopleCreateStoriesMoved

I'm proud of being Hispanic.

Lisa Guerrero

ProudHispanicBeing

I think anyone who gets the Nobel Prize has to be a little bit embarrassed to be picked out when there have been so many people who have contributed.

Christopher A. Sims

PeopleThinkOutLittleEmbarrassed

The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.

Clarence Budington Kelland

DutyWillBrilliantContrastDull

I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work.

Bob Dylan

LifeWorkLiveArchitecturePeople

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