William Dean Howells Quotes

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

William Dean Howells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 1, 1837 - May 11, 1920

Topics

WisdomHeartGoodnessNeverHold

I think it's refreshing when the people you're looking up to mess up just like you do, but somehow, things, in their own way, work out.

Melanie Scrofano

WorkPeopleLookingThinkYouWay

Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great many phenomenal conductors. It is wonderful music, very spiritual.

Maureen Forrester

MusicGreatSpiritualI AmGone

The best place to find material is in real life. I've always maintained that it's not until the mid-20s that you have enough of a life to draw from. There's nothing better for a comic than to go through some bad stuff - and some good stuff, like getting married.

Jeff Dunham

LifeGoodBestBetterEnoughYou

I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.

Amy Adams

PositiveAttitudePeopleStupidPay

Belgium is half French-speaking and half Flemish, and I was born on the French side. So we spoke it a lot - like, in kindergarten, it was almost all French. But then I moved to New Zealand when I was 10, where we obviously spoke English all the time, so I lost the French a little bit.

Stella Maxwell

TimeBornLostNewKindergarten

I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.

Simon Sinek

GoodHumbleEatingAppreciateEnjoy

The comedy of class, played so straight, is a wonderful thing for an actor to sink their teeth into.

Shirley MacLaine

ComedyActorClassTeethWonderful

I am Mother Jones. The Government can't take my life and you can't take my arm, but you can take my suitcase.

Mary Harris Jones

LifeMotherGovernmentI AmMy Life

I strongly believe cinema is popular culture. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. That's life.

Michel Hazanavicius

LifeCultureBelieveCinemaWorks

Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa.

Mo Ibrahim

ProblemsAfricaTransferPricing

Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.

Debbie Harry

DayYouEvery DayDownSaidWay

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

Chen Shui-bian

WisdomGreatPeaceOpportunitiesNew

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