Isaac Mayer Wise Quotes

Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages.

Isaac Mayer Wise

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 29, 1819 - March 26, 1900

Topics

GreatProgressProblemsCivilization

A modern arboretum brings us that ancient forest and, with it, a changed apprehension of time, a renewed appreciation of the elegance of natural form and a renewed sense of wonder at the variety of the world we inhabit.

John Burnside

TimeAppreciationWorldElegance

I'm not technical. When I listen to music, I gravitate more toward the sonic aspect of it. The technical stuff of it, I get bored with it. These long solos? OK, already. You know your scales, big deal. I know it, too, but I don't want to do that.

Joey Santiago

MusicLongYouKnowWantListen

I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.

John Bachman

SmallThornsShoreUpFishermen

Being a guitarist was scary, honestly, as a girl in Nashville. It just felt like no one was gonna ask me to be in a band and play guitar, like I never was gonna get asked to do that.

Soccer Mommy

GirlMeGuitarPlayNeverNashville

I believe that I am male and I am female.

Joni Mitchell

I AmBelieveI BelieveI Believe That

Don't go around asking the question, 'Is this character likeable?' and expect that to be compatible with serious literary endeavours. That's not what it's about.

Claire Messud

CharacterGoSeriousQuestionAsking

There's nothing better than when a man is in tune with who he is.

Ciara

ManBetterNothingWhoThanHe

The smartphones and the computer separates everybody, makes you think that you don't need nobody else.

Bootsy Collins

ThinkYouNobodyNeedComputerElse

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

Arthur Conan Doyle

WorkIntelligenceI AmMindMe

It's equally as important to me to be a good friend and a good sister and a good daughter. I'm very close with my family and friends.

Winona Ryder

FamilyGoodFriendDaughterSister

Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction.

Poppy Z. Brite

FoodVeilThroughFictionLiquor

The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions.

Thomas Huxley

BusinessOceanStandGenerationLand

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