William Dean Howells Quotes

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

William Dean Howells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HappinessBestActionGreatest

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

John F. Kennedy

TodayWorldProblemsSolutionBasic

You know, a left-winger, the barrier to success if you're on the left in commercial radio is a mile and a half higher than it is if you're on the right.

Robert McChesney

SuccessYouKnowRightRadioLeft

If we can listen to English music without understanding nothing, and dance on it, and feel the groove, feel the feelings, I'm sure everybody can do exactly the same for each language.

Stromae

MusicDanceLanguageUnderstanding

Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament. Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

Tony Campolo

WomenMenOpportunitiesCitizenship

Dublin is one of my favourite cities. It's an absolutely amazing place.

Tom Holland

AmazingPlaceAbsolutelyDublin

I think with the best actors, emotion is something that has no kind of check in them.

Romola Garai

BestThinkKindEmotionCheckThem

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.

Ruben Blades

MusicDayImportantRadioOurPart

My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

Martin Scorsese

SchoolParentsHouseGoBooksWere

I'm happiest at home hanging out with the kids... Having a family has been my saving grace because I don't work back to back on anything or I'd drive myself to an early grave with guilt and worry for my family, whom I'd never see.

Jude Law

WorkFamilyHomeMyselfGraceDrive

I think corporations and people are very different. People make corporations whatever it is that they're going to be.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

PeopleThinkWhateverGoingI Think

I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.

Don Cornelius

OpportunityTalentBlackMissionSee

I follow the most random people on Twitter. I follow famous people like Khloe Kardashian, who surprisingly makes really funny tweets all the time.

Chloe Grace Moretz

FunnyTimePeopleRandomFamousWho

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