Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

Topics

StrengthMenLuckBelieveStrong

Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.

John Maeda

ChangeBusinessValuePeopleWorld

There is such pressure on kids these days to be the best at everything.

Shirley Henderson

BestPressureEverythingDaysKids

Alice Ripley was someone who had had a huge effect on me when I had gotten out of college and decided that this was the road I wanted to take - to write musicals.

Tom Kitt

CollegeMeRoadSomeoneWriteOut

In New York, the average total state and local tax burden is $5,260 for every man, woman and child. That's by far the highest in the country.

Tom Golisano

WomanManNew YorkChildCountry

I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on.

Rita Dove

DetailsMomentsExploreMostOur

As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that.

Ronald Frame

WritingStrongYouNeedAlwaysHad

It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

Desiderius Erasmus

PayIntellectReverenceAntiquity

I hate the idea of labels and saying you are member of one party or another and signing up to all sorts of policies that you don't have a view on or don't believe in. Because I'm not a politician, I don't have to be consistent in what I say and how I behave.

Armando Iannucci

HateSayingBelieveViewYouParty

I'm always telling my students, don't - don't worry so much third person, first person. It doesn't make that much difference.

Alice McDermott

WorryPersonFirstDifferenceAlways

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

Winston Churchill

CommunicationRiskBeingAgainst

Nothing except time is wasted in Italy.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

TimeNothingWastedItalyExcept

I love a web series. But to me, it does the girl in Detroit a disservice who just watches television. It does a disservice to the girl on the south side of Chicago who doesn't go online.

Lena Waithe

LoveGirlMeWatchesTelevisionGo

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