George Combe Quotes

I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened. This proceeding caused some astonishment and alarm at first; for the Americans generally have a dread of cold air.

George Combe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 21, 1788 - August 14, 1858

Topics

ColdHatsWindowsFirstAirAvoid

A community that sees so clearly its own disadvantage or its own hardships also has a harder time seeing its potential: its ability to work together to change the community and change their lives.

Matthew Desmond

WorkChangeCommunityTimeTogether

At the end of the 30 Years War then, Europe broadly decided to separate the sacred from the secular in its political culture. I know that is an oversimplification, but it is instructive, and it led to a growth in religious tolerance that has characterized the best of Western life since.

Michael Hayden

LifeGrowthBestCultureWarEnd

I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s.

Meryl Streep

NeverSure

Nothing shatters the relationship between you and your boss like you failing to meet expectations, deadlines, and goals.

John Rampton

GoalsRelationshipBossExpectations

I will drink alcohol socially. That's really on the weekends.

Romeo Santos

AlcoholWillDrinkWeekendsReally

When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out and connect with you. Great songs connect beyond genre and style.

Mat Kearney

HeartGreatStyleYouWantBeyond

I probably made a few pictures I shouldn't have done, but I have four sons and I have to pay the rent. If you have a decision to make about whether or not you can buy groceries at the market or whether or not you're going to make a bad movie, you're going to make a bad movie.

Michael Madsen

DecisionYouBadPicturesDoneRent

I've been kind of listening to the composer Britten and his rendition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The opening track is a choral section where all the weird fairies, who are played by kids in the production, sing. It's a crazy opening melody and chord sequence - really amazing.

Dev Hynes

AmazingCrazyListeningNightWeird

I think the only reason I wanted to do modeling, really, was because I knew I wasn't ready to act; I knew I didn't have enough life experience, and I knew that doing photo shoots was a way of acting. Playing a character each shoot and being able to just emerge yourself in these awkward experiences - it was amazing.

Dree Hemingway

LifeCharacterExperienceYourself

A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.

Dorothy Height

WomenWomanProblemsKindSheSame

When I feel like I'm renowned enough, I'd love to do a heritage-type line, but that takes time.

Tinie Tempah

LoveTimeFeelEnoughLineLike

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

Richard Meier

WorkArchitectureCreateImportant

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