William Ernest Henley Quotes

Essayists, like poets, are born and not made, and for one worth remembering, the world is confronted with a hundred not worth reading. Your true essayist is, in a literary sense, the friend of everybody.

William Ernest Henley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 23, 1849 - July 11, 1903

Topics

FriendWorldReadingWorthBorn

When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.

Jim Cramer

WorkMoneyDayPeopleMindThought

Ignorant people are apt to overrate the value of what is called education. The sons of the poor, having suffered the privations of poverty, think of wealth as the mother of joy.

Robert Green Ingersoll

EducationMotherValueJoyPeople

I grew up in New York City during the Depression. My earliest recollections were of my parents talking about what they would do if they didn't have the rent money. Luckily, we were never evicted. But my father was unemployed most of the time.

Stan Lee

FatherTimeDepressionMoneyParents

I can meditate anywhere, anytime, even whilst talking to you.

Subhash Chandra

TalkingYouI CanAnywhereEven

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

Robert Crumb

LoveGoodExerciseYouTryIdea

I had me jaw broken, and so my chin stuck way out. That's how I became tough - I learned to pick up anything and fight back.

Roger Daltrey

BrokenFightMeToughBackWay

French people are strange about America, I think.

Michel Hazanavicius

PeopleThinkAmericaStrangeI Think

But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought wider... That thought was our power.

Joshua Chamberlain

PowerThoughtOurCauseHigher

My impressions of the Russian Revolution can be divided into two periods. The first period was when I showed deep sympathy. My second period is one of disappointment. This change was the result of close observation on the spot.

Chiang Kai-shek

ChangeDisappointmentSympathyDeep

My favorite actor is Steve McQueen, and he did his own stunts.

Christian Kane

ActorOwnFavoriteStuntsHeDid

The universe is information and we are stationary in it, not three dimensional and not in space or time.

Philip K. Dick

TimeSpaceUniverseInformation

I believe that the human motive to share is very powerful. The human motive to profit is also very powerful, and I think that the profit motive and the sharing motive are not exclusive.

Tim O'Reilly

BelieveThinkPowerfulProfitHuman

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