Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

Ulysses S. Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885

Topics

MenManYouFindLaborWho

Nobody knows what either sleep or waking consciousness is, even though these two have long been seen as the two sides of being: part of life's unvarying diurnal rhythm.

Siri Hustvedt

LifeSleepLongNobodySidesRhythm

As a filmmaker and an actor, my job is to react towards people, but I want a reaction from them.

Tommy Wiseau

JobPeopleWantReactActorThem

Camels are wonderful animals. Witty, intelligent and sensitive.

Robyn Davidson

AnimalsIntelligentWittyWonderful

To experience the northern forest in the raw, I went to northern Finland and Lapland, travelling on horseback, and sleeping on reindeer skins in the traditional open-fronted Finnish laavu. I ate elk heart, reindeer and lingonberries, and tried out spruce resin: the chewing gum of the Stone Age.

Michelle Paver

AgeHeartExperienceForestStone

When you have a lot of solitude, any living thing becomes a companion.

Jose Mujica

SolitudeYouLivingCompanionThing

Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

HeartTraditionAttentionMeditation

God is not a franchise of the Republican Party.

Dick Durbin

GodPartyRepublicanRepublican Party

I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire.

Douglas Bader

MeAppearanceTopRightLeaveLeg

I don't listen to Beyonce or Jennifer Hudson records.

Chris Cornell

ListenRecordsBeyonceHudson

I'll be honest with you: I think that it's really difficult, this framing around 'good cops' and 'bad cops.' Policing, as a system, is incredibly corrupt, period.

Alicia Garza

GoodThinkYouBadDifficultSystem

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe.

Alfred North Whitehead

LifeUniverseOffensiveAgainst

It would have been disastrous for Zambia if we had gone multi-party because these parties would have been used by those opposed to Zambia's participation in the freedom struggle.

Kenneth Kaunda

FreedomStruggleParticipationGone

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Ulysses S. Grant