Orson F. Whitney Quotes

What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome! The four successive, universal powers of the past. What and where are they?

Orson F. Whitney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 1, 1855 - May 16, 1931

Topics

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I was obsessed with The Who. I would have accepted a marriage proposal from Roger Daltrey on the spot. I went to all of their shows in San Francisco and some in L.A. That was as close as I got to being a groupie.

Jennifer Egan

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Part of my childhood was spent in Sydney and part in rural New South Wales, at Armidale.

John Cornforth

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I think when I went to psychoanalysis, I actually believed that people said what they meant. This was my whole problem.

John Malkovich

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I like beautiful writing, pain, unexpected humor, and the message that, at the last second, people are going to be kind to each other. It almost doesn't matter what the genre is.

Jeff Giles

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Nostalgia is a very human trait.

Stephanie Coontz

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I think I finally overcame my self-esteem and confidence issues at around 20.

Rupi Kaur

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Nuclear countries are those countries that are big and powerful. It is difficult to criticize them and try to lead them onto a humanitarian path. But we can only do what we can and appeal to their sense of reason.

Masatoshi Koshiba

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I had my hearing aid fixed today so that I could properly hear you. I can't see as well. I now have - this has stopped me from smoking - a pacemaker, have for about the last 15 years. No, I don't like getting old.

Mike Wallace

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Whether you're president or speaker, if you're wrong, we need to stand up and point it out. That's what Martin Luther King had talked about: being judged by the content of our character and not the color of our skin. So some of us pounded away on some of the ridiculous policies of Pelosi - and lo and behold, over time, the public began to see.

Louie Gohmert

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'Spring Awakening' was a discovery for all involved. None of us will ever have that specific sense of revelation in the same way - that is probably the thing I miss the most.

Jonathan Groff

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I grew up in Florida in different cities. I was born in Mississippi. My parents moved a lot, so I moved to Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, all through the South. But my family's roots were from central Florida, like Daytona Beach area, so we ended up moving there.

Diplo

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I feel like I've improved at everything I've done every single year - except golf. Golf, I've managed to stay exactly the same.

Peyton Manning

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