Lafcadio Hearn Quotes

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.

Lafcadio Hearn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: japanese
  • Birth: June 27, 1850 - September 26, 1904

Topics

TodayKnowledgeGreatImagination

You only can live on adrenaline for so long; one thing is for sure, it doesn't pay the bills.

John Barrow

LiveLongYouPaySureBills

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

GratitudeThankfulDutyRightExpect

French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.

Simon Baker

WithoutFrenchThemselves

Since Social Security faces a large gap between what it promises younger workers and what it can afford to pay them, private savings will likely need to play a larger role in retirement planning for younger workers.

Ron Lewis

PromisesPlanningRetirementSecurity

I think the thing about acting and making music is that it's easy to do both. I'll shoot a movie for three months, and then I won't have to work for however long I want to. So, I can do a movie for a couple of months and then come and do music for a couple. But whatever's hot at the moment is what I'll gravitate toward.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

WorkMusicMomentThinkLongActing

If bin Laden is in fact publicly killed, then the US military will find itself standing around with its hands in its pockets, wondering what's supposed to come next.

Bruce Sterling

HandsFindWillMilitaryStanding

I don't think I'm the only person who sees a cataclysm coming, but I think I'm the only person saying it, and I think that scares people.

Augustus Sol Invictus

PeopleSayingThinkPersonComing

I'll never go to Bavaria, that's for sure. That would be too hard for the Dortmund fans. No matter what they offer me, I would say no. Absolutely no way.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

MeGoSayWayMatterNever

I stay away from negative relationships. They are energy-sapping vampires. I can't handle them.

Preity Zinta

NegativeRelationshipsStayHandle

Don't disrespect me, lie about it, and then come smile in my face and act like nothing's wrong.

Scottie Pippen

SmileLieMeFaceDisrespectWrong

On radio, I loved Noel Edmonds's Radio 1 breakfast show - and Tony Blackburn. I can still hear those bloody jingles deep in my brain.

Richard Quest

BreakfastBrainDeepLovedI Can

Rather than empowering all, consumer and shareholder activism gives greatest voice to those with the most money in their pockets, those who can switch from seller to seller with relative ease. Consumer and shareholder activism is a form of protest that favours the middle classes, an outpouring of the dissatisfaction of the bourgeoisie.

Noreena Hertz

MoneyVoiceActivismGreatestMiddle

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