Harriet Martineau Quotes

It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.

Harriet Martineau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 12, 1802 - June 27, 1876

Topics

NatureKnowledgeOpinionHuman Nature

All the bad press I was getting puts you on a downer, so really, you come to a stage where you start hating yourself, in a way, because you're not in control.

Amir Khan

YourselfControlStartYouBadWay

I have deliberately kept singing because I have to at my age. If I stopped for even a year my voice would slowly deteriorate until it's not there at all. That's a fact about getting to my age.

Roger Daltrey

AgeSingingVoiceYearBecauseEven

I have to build a new environment for the people. I will place them in ecozones and provide them assistance. I will build hospitals there. There will be economic activity.

Rodrigo Duterte

PeopleEnvironmentPlaceNewBuild

If I see someone out there mouthing the words to a bit, I'm not having fun.

Ron White

WordsFunHaving FunSomeoneSee

I'm just fortunate to get to sing songs composed by such great musicians. It's a bonus that the songs have been received well.

Mohit Chauhan

GreatMusiciansFortunateWellGet

Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise.

Douglas Dunn

ReadingAudiencePoemAloudPrecise

I don't get nervous anymore. The first couple times I met Roger Federer, or Grigor Dimitrov, I was a little nervous. But now, it's more natural.

Denis Shapovalov

NowNervousMoreFirstLittleGet

I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that.

Coolio

SkyWaitingMeWeddingSomeoneYou

If it weren't for my Irish dancing, I wouldn't be modeling.

Coco Rocha

ModelingIrishDancingWere

If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, you'll see something of the difference between Homer's poetry and anyone else's. There seem to be real leaves still alive in the 'Iliad,' real animals, real people, real light attending everything.

Alice Oswald

LightPoetryPeopleLeafYouAlive

Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.

Wynton Marsalis

EducationConfidenceFutureRoad

You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.

Willie Stargell

GameYouPlayYearsUpOnly

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