Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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We used to live in a world where the price of resources came down steadily, and now the world has changed. You have a great mismatch between finite resources and exponential population growth.

Jeremy Grantham

GrowthLiveGreatWorldYouDown

I believe I can even yet remember when I saw the stars for the first time.

Max Muller

StarsTimeRomanticBelieveRemember

I gravitated to Judy Blume early on. 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing' was my favorite, with a realistic and relatable protagonist in Peter Hatcher. When I reached the fourth grade, I made the leap to science fiction and never looked back.

Jeff Kinney

ScienceBackEarlyNothingNever

There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention.

Robert Bourassa

NothingMoreSystemDemocraticThan

I exercise, walk a lot, and break into the occasional trot. I also lift weights three days a week, and I like to read about what makes a good diet. Overall, I do follow a healthy lifestyle.

Marv Levy

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It's not about being thin, it's about being healthy. And when you are a child you like to eat all these unhealthy things like chocolate and sweets. Oh my God. I love strawberries dipped in chocolate and Lion bars and Toffee Crisps - and as you grow up, you have to learn that those things are only good in moderation or you will become very fat.

Dionne Bromfield

LoveGoodGodLionChildFat

I can't see myself leaving the club I grew up supporting... it's one of those things, the money's great but I still get paid reasonably well from the Lions and at the end of the day I think job satisfaction is the No.1 priority and I just love it up here.

Jonathan Brown

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I am the consequence of a particular type of demographic movement, one that has always involved paying a high price. But I don't know much about styles or genres. I only know notes and chords.

Concha Buika

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I do believe as human beings we are a great mass of contradictions.

Ciaran Hinds

GreatBelieveHumanHuman Beings

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

William Shakespeare

WomanGlassNeverSheFairMade

You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan rule in the country.

Richard Cobden

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When I first became a mother, I didn't want my son to have any extra exposure to what I did. I had this theory that if he wanted to do what I do for a living, it should be organic and come from him, not from the fact that this was just what he saw all the time.

Renee Elise Goldsberry

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