Edwin Markham Quotes

Greed and Gain, grim guardians of the great god Mammon, continually cry in the ears of the poor, 'Give us your little ones!' And forever do the poor push out their little ones at the imperious ukase, feeding the children to a blind Hunger that is never filled.

Edwin Markham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 23, 1852 - March 7, 1940

Topics

GodChildrenGreatBlindGreedPush

There are people who marry themselves. Somebody wanted to marry a tree. People marrying their pets.

Jeffrey C. Mateer

TreePeoplePetsSomebodyWhoMarry

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

Stephen Covey

LiveHistoryImaginationOutYour

Scientology is much more accepted in Hollywood than Jesus.

Stephen Baldwin

HollywoodMoreAcceptedThanMuch

Why should someone be allowed to remain a voting member of the Academy if they are no longer active in the industry?

Roger Ross Williams

VotingSomeoneWhyActiveIndustry

You've never seen anything until you've seen David Mamet be an Edwardian lady. He always conveys what he means, but he's so... masculine.

Mary Steenburgen

LadyYouNeverAlwaysAnythingSeen

I think I've learned more about Baroque music than any other genre.

Joyce DiDonato

MusicThinkMoreGenreThanI Think

My mother has always encouraged me to do what I love. When I started being interested in fashion, she was very supportive, bringing me to see exhibits and buying me books. And when I started my company, she was right there to help me!

Joseph Altuzarra

LoveMotherMeFashionHelpShe

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Booker T. Washington

ExcellenceWayCommonUncommonThing

Thousands of civilians have lost their lives to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, and thousands more will - because, unlike the Pakistani government, which has no coherent policy to deal with the radicals, the Taliban have one to deal with Pakistan and its citizens.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

GovernmentLostWillMoreInside

I mean, I guess I started during the comedy boom, so it was literally like, on Sunday you could decide you wanted to be a comic, and on Monday, you could be on stage.

Todd Barry

MondayComedyYouSundayMeanStage

Formats are going to change because this is what the people want. It's not what the labels want.

Nikki Sixx

ChangePeopleWantGoingBecause

Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it. That's human nature to believe that beauty is everything.

Marina and the Diamonds

LifeNatureBeautyBeautifulWoman

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