Francis Parkman Quotes

Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains; we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more; and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along.

Francis Parkman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 16, 1823 - November 8, 1893

Topics

GreatHorizonBackWhiteRiding

I am playing with the assumptions that we have in our everyday life when we are tripped up or fooled and we learn something, that makes things exciting - I am having fun with that stuff, but you have to manage it so it doesn't get too cute, that's what I trying to work toward.

Jim McKay

LifeWorkCuteI AmFunHaving Fun

Cognitive neuroscience is entering an exciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neural basis of cognition, perception, memory and emotion at the level of networks of interacting neurons, the level at which we believe many of the important operations of the brain take place.

John O'Keefe

MemoryIdeasBrainBelievePlace

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

John Major

EuropeCompeteWellEffectiveness

You get in trouble, you have to evaluate: Is it worth getting into trouble again? It's a lot easier to make that decision when you have a career at stake.

Robert Iler

DecisionWorthYouCareerTrouble

You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.

Simon Cowell

FailureYouGoAnythingBecauseDid

I think coughing up slugs was quite hard. Ron has a scene where he has to cough up these giant slugs.

Rupert Grint

ThinkHardUpWhereGiantHe

I think all the history of the Jewish people is about adaptation.

Michel Hazanavicius

HistoryPeopleThinkJewishI Think

I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement.

Michelle Dockery

SuccessStoryThinkNewEqualWhere

If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.

Lucy Larcom

SmileTearsWorldVeilRainbows

A dream will not become an innovation if there is no realization.

Ciputra

InnovationDreamWillBecome

Governor Romney has a great business background. He is extremely well educated. He has several degrees from Harvard, including, you know, business and including a law degree.

Clint Eastwood

BusinessGreatLawYouKnowDegree

Whether you like it or not, you're a national figure after five games at Notre Dame.

Ara Parseghian

YouGamesFiveNotre DameLikeDame

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