Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 29, 1809 - October 7, 1894

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A national government using New Deal programs and the massive defense spending beginning with World War II and continuing through the Cold War was Johnson's vehicle for expanding the Southern economy and making it, as he hoped, one of the more prosperous regions of the country.

Robert Dallek

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Democrats and Republicans agree on most of a unified, politically viable, and workable immigration reform package. Both parties agree that border security is a key part of any strategy.

Luis Gutierrez

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The computer has moved to the palm of our hands now.

Brad D. Smith

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An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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There's a great tradition among the English of writing about Berlin. It's kind of a state of mind, almost. That even translates in terms of music. A lot of people go to Berlin with the idea that it's a state of mind.

Philip Kerr

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I certainly don't like a label that suggests I believe that the military is the solution to most of the world's problems.

Paul Wolfowitz

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I never read reviews at all. I'm proud of the work I did.

Nicole Kidman

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I never had a plan B; I would walk around with my head up in the clouds like, 'I'm going to be a famous singer/rapper person one day.'

Kyle

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Unfortunately, no matter how frivolous the lawsuit, you still, of course, have to pay people to defend you on it.

Kelly Ayotte

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In Vedic times, we had the great quest for the unknown. We did wonderful things; we celebrate our past vigyaan and our wonderful heritage of science and technology of the Vedic times.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

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I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me.

Janet Jackson

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The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

George Santayana

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