Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ConsistencyMindsLittleFoolish

I don't even know if people even care what a 27-year-old Jewish kid thinks about politics.

Joe Mande

PoliticsPeopleCareKnowKidEven

If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people He gives it to.

Joe Moore

GodMoneyPeopleYouLookKnow

Commerce has changed the ethics of citizenship and the incentives for national service. America now buys private contractors - we used to call them mercenaries - to do the country's fighting.

Michael Ignatieff

ServiceEthicsFightingAmericaNow

And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities to do work with the Federal Government.

Alphonso Jackson

WorkStressGovernmentOpportunities

For a country that makes such a fuss about love on the 14th of February, America has a funny way of showing it on the other 364 days of the year.

Amanda Foreman

FunnyLoveFebruaryAmericaYear

I do love my country. I don't think I'm particularly a good American. I don't know what makes a good American. Other than somebody who - I like people who let other people alone. I think that's a pretty good American. And I keep my hands to myself. So I'm an OK American.

Stephen Colbert

LoveGoodAloneMyselfPeopleThink

Regardless of any experiences in the past, for me it really is important to be engrossed in as much of the creative process as I possibly can. I was surprised with how much the eight years I spent on 'Castle' actually serviced that. I ended up, in a way, having a free education on that show.

Stana Katic

EducationPastCreativeMeFreeWay

I was not a very... um... not a very popular girl. I think a lot of it was, you know, no boo-hoo about it - but I looked pretty strange for the first few years of my life.

Trudie Styler

LifeGirlThinkMy LifeYouKnow

Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.

Mason Cooley

AdvertisingKindExpensiveBuyUs

I was always nosy and can you imagine a better 60 years, 40 of which or 37 of which traveling any place in the world.

Mike Wallace

WorldBetterYouPlaceAlwaysYears

Everybody hangs out with everybody, which is very strange for a cast this large and this young. We're all cool and down to earth and not caught up in this maniacal business at all... . Everybody really, really likes everybody else.

Lizzy Caplan

BusinessCoolDownEarthYoungOut

I'm certainly not the first person to be in a relationship with a younger man, but somehow I was plucked out as a bit of a poster girl.

Demi Moore

GirlRelationshipManPersonFirst

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