Alexander Smith Quotes

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

Alexander Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: December 31, 1830 - January 5, 1867

Topics

WiseSecretsDeadKeepShallWhile

A brown lip liner will affect a red lipstick differently than a red lip liner.

Jillian Hervey

RedRed LipstickLipstickWillBrown

We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.

Meg Cabot

FamilyFunnyBrotherAttentionTool

I think 'Prince Valiant' was the first cartoon I ever did.

Jeff Bennett

ThinkFirstCartoonPrinceI Think

Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they're out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons.

Simon Sinek

GoodPracticePreparationConfident

People often cover their mouths when lying. A hand on the mouth or even a touch of the lips shows you that they are lying because this unconscious body language represents a closing off of communication.

Travis Bradberry

CommunicationPeopleLanguageLips

You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'

Mickey Rourke

SchoolChoicesInterestingYouLook

I think the whole mission of being here on Earth is to accept what you have, and my journey was to accept my own life and not pretend anything else. I think that's what we all struggle with.

Michael Nyqvist

LifeJourneyStruggleThinkMission

Not only would my parents work full hours, my parents both woke up at 5 A.M. My dad left the house at 5 A.M. to go to the fish market to pick out his own fish, and my mom woke up at 5 A.M. to wake me up in order to get me ready for skating before school.

Mirai Nagasu

WorkSchoolParentsMeMomFish

Although attracted by the humanities, I had chosen medicine as a career, seduced by the image of the 'man in white' dispensing care and solace to the suffering. But science was lurking around the corner, in the form of an unpaid student assistantship in the laboratory of physiology.

Christian de Duve

ScienceManSufferingMedicineCare

I love science. I hate supposition, superstition, exaggeration and falsified data. Show me the research, show me the results, show me the conclusions - and then show me some qualified peer reviews of all that.

Claire Scovell LaZebnik

LoveScienceHateMeResearchData

I try not to deprive myself of anything. I don't do the low-carb thing or anything like that.

Alicia Sacramone

MyselfTryAnythingLikeThing

Europe embraces new ideas in transportation like no other region in the world and is uniquely positioned to take the next great leap in transportation with Hyperloop One.

Shervin Pishevar

GreatIdeasWorldTransportationNew

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