Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection.

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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Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.

Joel Salatin

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I'm seeing and hearing lots of B to B instruments, and everybody isn't, you know, using them... a lot of these guys are trying to do it on conventional guitars, although that has its own sound, and maybe its okay.

John Sebastian

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I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.

Stone Gossard

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In American politics, the deepest rivalry is between the rational world and the right wing of the GOP, who are increasingly marginalized in their view that America cannot take on the big challenges.

Tom Steyer

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Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Robert Frost

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I'm reaching a huge audience. I'm doing what artists like Beyonce are doing in terms of selling out stadiums. The difference is my audience speaks Spanish.

Romeo Santos

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The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

Russell Baker

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After being let go from CBS and looking for a year for work, I will never catch myself complaining about being too busy.

Mika Brzezinski

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I want to protect and preserve social security and Medicare.

Dean Heller

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I played against Kobe a lot when I was in high school during the summers, even in college, just being that guy in L.A. coming up. He always gave me advice here and there, and even the smallest things stuck with me. I watched every single thing that Kobe did, every game, every move. He made me a student of the game.

DeMar DeRozan

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People talk, 'Oh your father's a misogynist, look what he said about women,' like, on 'Howard Stern.' When he gets with Howard Stern, who's a friend of his, he'll joke around, because it's a comedy show. He's allowed to have a personality.

Donald Trump, Jr.

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We're resolving our differences and we're looking forward to putting out a record next year.

Brad Delson

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