Adlai Stevenson I Quotes

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.

Adlai Stevenson I

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914

Topics

SoulDeathOrganizationCommunism

Living and working for four decades in a Bologna apartment and studio he shared with his unwed sisters, Morandi painted little but bottles, boxes, jars, and vases. Yet like that of Chardin and the underappreciated William Nicholson, Morandi's work seems to slow down time and show you things you've never seen before.

Jerry Saltz

WorkTimeSlowYouDownLiving

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.

John McCarthy

ProfessionalWorseEvenThanAmateur

I knew I wanted to act from a very young age - from about nine, really - but I didn't know how to go about it. I had no idea. The world was a much bigger place then.

John Hurt

AgeWorldPlaceGoKnowYoung

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

Maurice Baring

MemoryMindGreatestArtistsYour

When I grew up in the South, I was taught that segregation was the will of God, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that women were by nature in inferior to men, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that it was okay to hate other religions, and especially the Jews, and the Bible was quoted to prove it.

John Shelby Spong

NatureWomenGodHateMenBible

When a guy is perceived as macho, female editors aren't going to like it - because they all want to be men.

Michael Cimino

MenWantGuyGoingBecauseLike

My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as an ingredient, I don't quite understand, because it is the common ingredient to all cooking processes.

Alton Brown

CookingMeBookExplorationWhy

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Miguel de Cervantes

WisdomMouthClosedFlies

I don't win anything in life, you know what I mean? I was, like, the awkward kid who didn't go to prom, but I did - nobody noticed, though.

Jordan Gavaris

LifeWinYouNobodyGoKnow

Never was I booed.

Willie Stargell

Never

I'm definitely not ready to move into something else. I'm having so much fun.

Suzy Bogguss

FunReadySomethingMoveMuchElse

When I heard about the Microsoft Kinect, though, I felt an urgency rising in me. A game you played without touching any machinery? A chance to wave your hands around, Minority-Report style, and move things around on a screen? This sounded like almost too much fun, with gadget-y pizzazz that sounded astonishing.

Susan Orlean

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