James Baldwin Quotes

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses.

James Baldwin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987

Topics

FreeEqualFaithfulDrivenBecoming

I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for the future when the special effects are good' to represent what was in these books by Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Jack Vance.

Matt Groening

GoodFutureScienceWaitReading

The ranking... it's just a number.

Angelique Kerber

NumberJustRanking

Creating is a lonely thing in a lot of ways.

Ann Demeulemeester

LonelyCreatingWaysLotThing

I am a happy person, especially off the field, outside of football.

Alvaro Morata

FootballI AmHappyPersonOutside

You're gonna see me on your TV. You're gonna see me everywhere. I'm gonna be a common household name. Smokepurpp, Lil Purpp. Remember the name.

Smokepurpp

MeNameRememberYouSeeCommon

I've been in electric storms in the mountains. Scary things.

Simon Beaufoy

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The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.

Martin Van Creveld

ActingEnemyLivingIntelligentUs

New ideas for innovation grow out of the minds of each new generation. Having an institution of higher learning that can help young people put those ideas into action is critical.

Jay Samit

LearningInnovationPeopleIdeasNew

Israel has been doing very well, but there are challenges the country faces, like poverty and social integration of the Orthodox, Arab, Beduin, and Ethiopian population, which will be essential for sustaining strong growth over time.

Jose Angel Gurria

GrowthTimeChallengesStrongDoing

I marvel to think that the Son of God would condescend to save us, as imperfect, impure, mistake-prone, and ungrateful as we often are. I have tried to understand the Savior's Atonement with my finite mind, and the only explanation I can come up with is this: God loves us deeply, perfectly, and everlastingly.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

SonGodMindThinkI CanUnderstand

If anything, we older people yearn for a peaceful world even more than young people do. We are the ones who lost friends or relatives in some war. We are the ones who have lived a lifetime of seeing and reading about human suffering.

Dennis Prager

WarPeopleSufferingWorldReading

For some Republicans, 2016 is 1992: Hating Hillary Clinton is chic again. Only more so, since the former secretary of state is also the partner of and potential successor to the last two Democratic presidents - Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

Donna Brazile

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