George Edward Woodberry Quotes

From the beginning, about the rude altar of the god, to the days of Goethe, of Leopardi, and of Victor Hugo, the poet is the leader in the dance of life; and the phrase by which we name his singularity, the poetic temperament, denotes the primacy of that passion in his blood with which the frame of other men is less richly charged.

George Edward Woodberry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 12, 1855 - January 2, 1930

Topics

LifeLeaderPassionGodMenDance

It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on the front lawn. Dad loved classical music and we might be listening to some Stravinsky or something and having some tea and eggs. And he'd say, 'Oh, good stuff, isn't it?'

Jennifer Grant

GoodMusicDaySimpleTeaHappy

I don t think cartoons are only for kids, but I think kids will love anything as long as it's visually interesting.

John Kricfalusi

LoveThinkInterestingLongWill

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.

Anita Roddick

PowerShoppingEnoughChoiceMoral

You have to believe in yourself and have to believe you are a little bit crazy to be the best.

Rob Van Dam

Believe In YourselfBestYourselfYou

The defense of the West Bank by Arab forces would be a truly suicidal enterprise. The late King Hussein understood these facts well. Until 1967, he was careful to keep most of his forces east of the Jordan River. When he momentarily forgot these realities in 1967, it took Israel just three days of fighting to remind him of them.

Martin Van Creveld

KingRiverFactsFightingLateBank

I'm happy out of my mind. I like beating a lot of people.

Michelle Wie

HappyPeopleMindOutLikeBeating

Republicans are manufacturing a Social Security crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.

Diane Watson

SecurityCrisisManufacturingOrder

If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that.

Chris Cornell

Be KindPeopleWaitStupidSomeone

Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.

Chogyam Trungpa

PeopleWorldProblemsThinkEarth

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

Christopher Hampton

ThoughtAlwaysRatherSophistication

It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being.

Conrad Veidt

MeActingNewSpiritMy OwnTask

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.

Bob Hope

LovePeopleLazyKissesThrowWho

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