Ralph Adams Cram Quotes

Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.

Ralph Adams Cram

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 16, 1863 - September 22, 1942

Topics

EducationScienceHistoryDemocracy

Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure.

John Boyd Orr

KnowledgePoliticalFallRiseSocial

Not that many people, even contemporary writers, write about right now.

Anna Deavere Smith

PeopleNowWriteRightEvenMany

The movie feels to me like a real work of lovely art.

Jeff Goldblum

WorkArtMeRealLovelyLike

There's something very reassuring... about the written record.

John Updike

SomethingReassuringVeryAbout

The people who run the game, they are the ones who want to change it and make people believe that it's different somehow. It's not different, the only difference is that some ballplayers today have a chance for a four- or five-year contract and they can make big money.

Tony Oliva

ChangeTodayMoneyPeopleBelieve

People have such an immediate judgment of me because I have tattoos or because my hair is sometimes crazy.

Rumer Willis

PeopleMeCrazyHairSometimes

When you do a film as unique and original as 'Napoleon Dynamite,' it's hard then try to repeat what audiences loved the first time.

Mike Scully

TimeLovedYouUniqueTryFirst

I think God destined that I play. I think it's all in the books already.

Michelle Wie

GodThinkPlayDestinedBooks

My friend Danny Clinch, who's a photographer, gave me a big, signed, numbered print of a photo he took of Eddie Vedder in Seattle. It's hung in my writing room where I have posters of writers that inspire me. They're all pointing at me. Tom Waits is like, 'Don't sell out!'

Brian Fallon

FriendMeWritingInspireSeattle

The game business arose from computer programs that were written by and for young men in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They worked so well that they formed a very lucrative industry fairly quickly. But what worked for that demographic absolutely did not work for most girls and women.

Brenda Laurel

WorkWomenBusinessMenGameEarly

We are now in a situation in which we will have to rely on market forces to maintain a free and open Internet. And nobody really knows whether that will work or not. One thing we do know is we didn't need to do this to ourselves. This was a solution in search of a problem.

Brian Schatz

WorkFreeSearchProblemSolution

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

William Godwin

PerseveranceInfluenceDesireActive

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