George Combe Quotes

We used to speak familiarly of an agent, now do more, who was accustomed to manufacture evidence, and to invent facts in his cases, or at least to alter the aspects of facts to such an extent that they might fairly be viewed as new.

George Combe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SpeakFactsNewNowMoreEvidence

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American.

Jimmy Carter

ManBlackThinkAmericanPresident

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels.

Jim Harrison

DayEarthAngelsWouldSevenPrefer

When I think people like one record more than the other, then someone will surprise me.

Jenny Lewis

PeopleMeThinkSurpriseSomeone

Sometimes your worst competitors are the ones which are dying because they do stupid things.

John Caudwell

StupidSometimesWorstDyingThings

There's always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.

Stephen Mangan

VisionGreatReadingAnxietyYou

I went to a special public school that was much more focused on academics and learning. My two best teachers were in accounting and calculus, so I fell in love with that, which made me want to go into business.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

LoveLearningBusinessBestSchool

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

Trent Reznor

FailureTrueTryNeverAfraid

I've met a ton of new people who have colitis or Crohn's. Talking to them has been probably the most healing thing: to hear other people's attitudes on how they deal with their disease and how they stay positive.

Mike McCready

PositiveHealingPeopleTalkingNew

We used to have food picked and used to have houses built and we used to have chicken properly processed and it was Americans that did it. If we are going to continue to utilize those goods, then what's going to have to happen is that the employers are going to have to elevate the wages in order to attract American workers to do those jobs.

Mo Brooks

FoodAmericanChickenElevateHappen

There were times when I didn't think I would even be at the European Championship. so to be walking off the field, having scored the winning goal in front of our home fans, just got too much for me.

Dimitri Payet

HomeMeWinningThinkWalkingGoal

We shouldn't deny the right of the minority to filibuster, but we need to do a much better job of making them own it. That way, the American people could figure out who is being obstructionist and who is willing to compromise.

Claire McCaskill

JobPeopleCompromiseBetterWay

Incorporating genetics into a platform with the reach of ResearchKit will accelerate insights into illness and disease even further.

Anne Wojcicki

ReachGeneticsWillIllnessDisease

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