William Allen White Quotes

I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals.

William Allen White

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 10, 1868 - January 29, 1944

Topics

LifeMorningMy LifeNewStrangeUp

All the things that made us basically nasty, rapacious, competitive as a species are not necessarily hard-coded into whatever passes for the DNA of artificial intelligence.

Robert J. Sawyer

IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence

We cannot be a civilized society if these terrorists are going to have their ways.

Matt Mead

SocietyGoingCannotCivilizedWays

I think 'lunch' is one of the funniest words in the world.

Stephen Sondheim

WordsLunchWorldThinkI Think

When it's a sharing and improvisational meeting, where you're riffing off other people's ideas, that actually can be productive.

Steven Johnson

PeopleIdeasYouMeetingSharing

Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called 'real world' of busy-ness and moneymaking, so we must embrace, salute and support our poets.

Tom Hodgkinson

PoetrySupportWorldEmbraceUseless

We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake, look after our people.

Robert Falcon Scott

GodPeopleThinkEndLookI Can

I'm not selfish at all.

Judy Gold

Selfish

Major league baseball has asked its players to stop tossing baseballs into the stands during games, because they say fans fight over them and they get hurt. In fact, the Florida Marlins said that's why they never hit any home runs. It's a safety issue.

Jay Leno

HomeFightBaseballSafetyHurtSay

The need for a national Employment Non-Discrimination Act a critical part of the LGBT community's struggle for equality.

Jared Polis

CommunityStruggleEqualityNeedAct

There's always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong.

Drew Brees

YouWrongSatisfactionPersonalBit

Hi. My name is Debby, and I am a storyteller. I don't think of myself as an actress. I am more like a face that takes words on a page, and puts them in front of your eyes.

Debby Ryan

EyesMyselfWordsI AmFaceThink

We have to end Citizens United, and we have to do it united as a people. If we don't do it, our system is going to be further corrupted.

Brad Schneider

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