Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 24, 1878 - October 5, 1969

Topics

BusinessRetireSomethingSimply

My first business deal was with my mother. I invested in chickens. I sold the eggs to my mother.

Joel McCrea

MotherBusinessFirstChickensEggs

I love finding and doing new things and trying stuff out; that's my favorite thing to do.

Max Schneider

LoveNew ThingsDoingFindingTrying

Spike Lee is part of a retrograde movement in this country.

Amiri Baraka

CountryMovementPartSpike LeeLee

Leave America and you'll find that the consumers in many other countries enjoy watching advertising. Not because the products are better, but because the ads are produced to be entertaining. Sometimes they are funny. Sometimes they are dramatic. Sometimes they are just beautiful.

Simon Sinek

FunnyBeautifulAdvertisingBetter

I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people, lick people, enjoy each other's company and smell each other on the rump.

Tre Cool

PeopleComputersWishEnjoyGoTalk

The best therapists can do with sadness, anger, and anxiety is to help patients live in the more comfortable part of their set range.

Martin Seligman

LiveBestAngerSadnessHelpMore

My mission is to get on the stage and say, 'Listen, I'm a woman, I'm free, I'm a mother, I'm a lover, I'm a friend; I'm shattered by men most of the time, but I'll keep falling in love with them because it's the most thrilling thing in the world; that's what makes me human.'

Lou Doillon

LoveFriendMotherTimeMenWoman

As far as friendships go, things change even without the fame. People start moving on. I have a few friends that are married and are starting to have kids and I'm like, 'Oh my goodness gracious - that's so insane.' I also have friends who are just doing their own thing, which is cool.

Jordin Sparks

ChangeMoving OnPeopleCoolStart

My goal is not getting hit and to knock the other guy out. Some people might complain because they want to see boxers beat up on each other, but you cannot last long in professional boxing if you take a lot of punches.

Wladimir Klitschko

PeopleLongYouGoalProfessional

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

Alfred de Musset

PoetryThreeMemorableTrueContent

People do not want that public option.

Phil Gingrey

PeopleWantOptionPublic

I find the strongest predictor of people who do well at Shopify is whether they see opportunity as something to compete for, or do they see opportunity as essentially everywhere and unlimited? It's a rough proxy for pessimism and optimism.

Tobias Lutke

OpportunityOptimismPeopleFindSee

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