Isabella Bird Quotes

I went to the States with that amount of prejudice which seems the birthright of every English person, but I found that, under the knowledge of the Americans which can be attained by a traveller mixing in society in every grade, these prejudices gradually melted away.

Isabella Bird

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 15, 1831 - October 7, 1904

Topics

KnowledgeSocietyPersonPrejudice

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.

John Berger

WorldRestRichPrioritiesResult

The first time I came to New York - and the first time I saw the movie 'Paris Is Burning' - I learned about the homeless LGBT culture in New York City that goes back to the '80s. I found that very interesting, and it's definitely something that I care about.

Andreja Pejic

TimeCultureNew YorkCityHomeless

The traveling that 'Catfish' affords us and the cross-section of America that we see on a constant basis, I would have never gotten that living in the bubble that is Los Angeles or going home to visit my parents in the bubble that is New York.

Max Joseph

HomeNew YorkParentsGoing HomeNew

There's a general feeling if you take the cut block out of the game, then you're going to significantly impact the run game.

Jeff Fisher

GameImpactYouFeelingRunOut

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down.

Tom Brokaw

PeopleJournalismDownTopGround

On 'Dawson's Creek,' those kids were supposed to be outsider kids - you know, wrong-side-of-the-track kids, weirdo kids. And I just felt like there's no universe out there where Katie Holmes isn't the prom queen, hottest girl in school.

Rob Thomas

GirlSchoolQueenUniverseYouKnow

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker.

Milla Jovovich

TimeGymTime Goes ByGoArtsWould

Patton's personality was a complex one - he was obsessed with glory, but behind the ivory-hilted pistols, the egomania, the forbidding scowl, and the rows of ribbons, there was a much more ambiguous figure.

Michael Korda

PersonalityGloryMoreComplexHe

I'm very practical and realistic.

Debby Ryan

RealisticPracticalVery

I look forward to every script that comes down the pike.

Colin Cunningham

ForwardLookDownEveryScript

I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value.

Armistead Maupin

TogetherValuePeopleAppreciateAsk

My age is very insignificant to me. I don't think about it, but the world does. The world likes young people in general.

Aurora

AgePeopleMeWorldThinkYoung

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