Isabella Bird Quotes

The Malays can hardly be said to have an indigenous literature, for it is almost entirely derived from Persia, Siam, Arabia, and Java. Arabic is their sacred language.

Isabella Bird

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LanguageLiteratureSaidSacredJava

I remember, for the first time, sitting down and consuming books in a matter of hours. This was such a new experience for me because reading, up until that point, had been such a struggle and source of stress. I think I just needed to find the right kind of stories with which I could identify.

John Corey Whaley

TimeExperienceStruggleStressMe

From the moment my dad died, from the moment I found out there was the possibility of his dying, there were many surprises - years after, minutes after. The moments I was okay were as surprising as the ones that I wasn't. Making it through the eulogy without losing it. And then the guilt I felt about it. Surprise!

Alysia Reiner

MomentLosingSurpriseGuiltMoments

I'm just here to show up and fight and then get my money and go home.

Rose Namajunas

HomeMoneyFightGoUpHere

I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law.

Michele Bachmann

MarriageWomanManSupportLaw

I hope there are 10 sequels to the 'Guardians' movie!

Michael Rooker

HopeMovieGuardiansSequels

All countries will eventually need to rebuild their growth models around digital technologies and the human capital that supports their deployment and expansion.

Michael Spence

GrowthWillHumanDigitalNeed

It would be fun to be eighty-five and have a Broadway debut. That's the goal I'm shooting for. When they revive 'Driving Miss Daisy' for the seven-hundredth time.

Miriam Shor

TimeFunDrivingGoalShootingMiss

What I need to do is relax, take my time, and make my shots count. That will give me more energy later in the fights but also allow me to throw the punches harder.

Joseph Parker

TimeMeRelaxEnergyWillNeed

With the rise of software patents, engineers coding new stuff - whether within a large software company or as kids writing smartphone apps - are exposed to a claim that somewhere a prior patent is being infringed.

Jonathan Zittrain

WritingRiseEngineersNewSoftware

First of all, this whole idea of this one percent versus the 99 percent, it's a false statistic. There's nobody that is wealthy saying, let's go get the people that aren't. First of all, there's no versus. He's creating a false class warfare in a country where there is no class structure.

Jon Lovitz

PeopleSayingCountryCreatingGo

Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts.

Donny Osmond

SuccessYouSometimesBiteShorts

Releasing the invisible ties to those who have left you, betrayed you, disappointed you or hurt you, you open up to higher realms of love, peace and joy.

Debbie Ford

LovePeaceJoyHurtYouOpen

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