Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 8, 1841 - March 6, 1935

Topics

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As a child, I was consumed with a near-obsessive curiosity about what the world felt like for other creatures.

John Burnside

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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.

John D. Rockefeller

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I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.

Melissa McCarthy

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These days young kids don't have any place to form an epic adventure. It's more often in front of the TV screen or a laptop. That's very hard on them. They're being taught daily unsocial skills. Facebook is an unsocial skill. It's so sad.

John Lydon

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Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

Robert Harris

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I'm fortunate to make any money as a blogger.

Mickey Kaus

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Every country has the right to nuclear technology as long as they use it safely, peacefully and in a secure way.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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When you are in a good position you are sure to drive well and to be very concentrated in each corner.

Jean Alesi

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The Resurrection is at the core of our beliefs as Christians. Without it, our faith is meaningless.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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I'm always determined that as a novelist I'm going to go out there and research my characters very thoroughly before I start writing.

Chris Cleave

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When I meet people who say - which they do all of the time - 'I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest,' and so forth, I switch off quite early.

Christopher Hitchens

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Our work is a scream of freedom.

Christo

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