Harriet Martineau Quotes

We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it.

Harriet Martineau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BelieveHelpBelievingProveTry

Americans, among the marryingest people in the world, are also the divorcingest.

Jill Lepore

PeopleWorldAmongAlso

I had a problem with cops pulling me over all the time for speeding. When I was doing Hill Street Blues, the cops said how much they loved the show as they were writing me up; meanwhile my insurance went through the roof.

Jennifer Tilly

TimeMeWritingLovedProblemDoing

I just want to be able to be creative.

Jenny Slate

CreativeWantJustAble

Before competition, I always take an ice bath to make my body feel more refreshed. Then I always have coffee with a little cream and sugar. It's a superstitious thing.

McKayla Maroney

CoffeeCompetitionFeelBodyBath

I think it'd be pretty unrealistic to think we're the only planet in the world with thinking beings. It's kind of a strange conceit. Especially given how many universes there must be.

Max Minghella

WorldThinkThinkingKindStrange

Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state.

Max Weber

PowerPoliticsInfluenceStriving

Investors can see that Facebook is feeling old and tired and isn't seeming to be that innovative.

Robert Scoble

TiredFeelingOldSeeFacebook

Jesus is the only Savior, but not everybody who is saved by Him is aware that He is the one who is doing the saving.

Tony Campolo

DoingHimOnlyAwareWhoHe

I soon abandoned the question of who Kurban Said or Essad Bey was for the more problematic one - who was Lev Nussimbaum?

Tom Reiss

SaidMoreQuestionAbandonedSoon

God doesn't want us to have rigid rituals with Him. In the new covenant, He is more interested in having a relationship with us.

Joseph Prince

GodRelationshipNewWantMoreHim

Being a superhero is a lot of fun.

Chris Hemsworth

FunSuperheroBeingLot

If I can't be me and be accepted and loved for that, then what's the point?

Bronagh Gallagher

MeLovedPointAcceptedThen

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