Adelbert von Chamisso Quotes

This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance, from which I could not avert my eyes, that I was unable longer to endure it.

Adelbert von Chamisso

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: January 30, 1781 - August 21, 1838

Topics

EyesHumbleManMeFeelingManners

I'm not just Jimmy Walker the golfer. I have a lot of friends. I've got two little boys; I've got a great family. It's all stuff that's helped me become better.

Jimmy Walker

FamilyGreatMeBetterFriendsTwo

When you're on TV, you're looking at a half-page of material, trying to memorize it really quickly. By the time it's on TV, I've already forgotten what I said, but I can still recite my whole role from Shakespeare in the Park. It works a different set of muscles.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

TimeLookingTryingYouI CanSaid

In the future, it's going to become more and more impossible for the economy to support how expensive medical care is and the number of sick people we have. Why don't we just get our population healthier so we don't need medical care?

Joel Fuhrman

FutureMedicalSupportPeopleSick

We have been dealt a very weak hand by the financial market meltdown, bailouts, and recession. We can't act like it's a strong one.

John Delaney

StrongFinancialHandWeakActBeen

For nearly three years, President Obama devoted a great deal of effort to finding compromises with Congressional Republicans. That was futile, in my view, since those Republicans had made it clear from the day he was inaugurated in 2009 that their plan was to oppose everything he wanted and then paint him as a failed president.

Andrew Rosenthal

GreatDayEffortViewPlanFinding

And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early.

John Pomfret

OpportunityEnoughEarlyGoLucky

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

Ambrose Bierce

OpinionYouWhoBigotEntertain

Benghazi matters because Americans deserve to know the truth from those entrusted to lead and govern.

Trey Gowdy

TruthKnowDeserveMattersLead

Muslim views are not a monolithic blob.

Mona Eltahawy

MuslimViews

It's great to play the hero. You get all the good stuff. You're in it all the way through.

Jason Statham

GoodGreatHeroYouPlayWay

In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

LifeLongYouAlwaysBehaveEthical

After I finished my degree in India in 1980, I came to the U.S. to get a master's, and I was teaching quantum physics to freshmen. As I got my bearings as to what goes on in labs, I understood that to teach, you have to learn.

Dinesh Paliwal

LearnYouPhysicsIndiaTeachGet

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