Van Wyck Brooks Quotes

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me... by newspapers and the Bible.

Van Wyck Brooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 16, 1886 - May 2, 1963

Topics

MindMeBibleAmericanSaidEnglish

New Yorkers should know that no one in the Administration, at the Department of Defense, or at the Selective Service System is advocating the reinstatement of the mandatory draft in any form.

Jim Walsh

ServiceNewKnowSystemNew Yorkers

Personally, I liked Admiral Kelso very much. I believe that he served his country with distinction.

John McCain

BelieveCountryI BelieveHeMuch

There's no substitute for the experience of childbearing or child rearing.

John J. McLaughlin

ExperienceChildSubstituteRearing

As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible.

Tom Wopat

SongVoiceKnowWayMoreAbility

In my view, while the single neuron is the basic anatomical and information processing-signaling unit of the brain, it is not capable of generating behaviors and, ultimately, thinking. Instead, the true functional unit of the central nervous system is a population of neurons, or neural ensembles or cell assemblies.

Miguel Nicolelis

BrainThinkingViewInformationTrue

Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.

Lou Brock

KingGamePrideAliveJim CrowCrow

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

Joseph Conrad

AloneMenEvilBeliefCapableQuite

The cult of celebrity turned me off, and when the opportunities came along for me to play different characters, that's what I went for rather than the safe choices.

Dennis Christopher

MeChoicesOpportunitiesPlaySafe

Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.

Chuck Noll

FailureWinGameYouLoseBefore

I never had a Plan B.

Arden Myrin

PlanNeverHad

Is evolution a theory, a system, or an hypothesis? It is much more: it is a general condition to which all theories, all hypotheses, all systems must bow and which they must satisfy henceforward if they are to be thinkable and true.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

EvolutionTrueMoreTheorySystem

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.

Tim Berners-Lee

ProfessionalismProfessionalTalk

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