William Ellery Channing Quotes

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

William Ellery Channing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 7, 1780 - October 2, 1842

Topics

SmileIgnoranceTreeFruitReach

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'

Joel Osteen

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I think every journalist understands when they are the beneficiary of hot information that, yes, they have a scoop, but they're also being used. Part of your responsibility as a journalist is to tell the story of why that information is coming to you, consistent with the ground rules of your sourcing.

John Hockenberry

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Let's learn to consume the least amount of energy possible.

Mauricio Macri

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There are twice as many knitters as golfers in North America. Still, if you walk into any airport in North America, you can find a golf magazine but not a knitting magazine, even though you can't golf on a plane.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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We need a world class institution which will create leaders out of the children who have not had a good start in life.

Shiv Nadar

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People think I left The Band and spoiled this whole thing, and that's not what happened. Nobody broke up The Band. Nobody ever said, 'That's it, we're done.'

Robbie Robertson

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I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.

Robin Trower

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I am very attracted to funny people - I'd go so far as to say I find it hard to trust unfunny people.

Roisin Murphy

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'Uprising' was requested by so many politicians in America for use in their rallies, and we turned them down on a regular basis.

Matt Bellamy

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I am comfortable talking about everything because I think you can't hide it. I can't hide what I'm doing. I can't lie to people when they see something.

Miguel Cabrera

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Modern buildings of our time are so huge that one must group them. Often the space between these buildings is as important as the buildings themselves.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Smart people are no different than anyone else. Sometimes they exercise bad judgment, like we all do.

Judy Smith

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