Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes

A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 14, 1811 - July 1, 1896

Topics

ChildrenManAmericaHouseLiving

The relative lack of power of certain minority groups, and the fear they're feeling in the wake of Donald Trump's election, is something I think we really need to take a look at.

Megyn Kelly

FearPowerThinkLookElectionNeed

I think I'm lovable. That's the gift God gave me. I don't do anything to be lovable. I have no control.

Ann B. Davis

GodMeControlGiftThinkAnything

In third grade, I had to an oral report on the state of Oregon. I brought up Big Foot sightings, and I remember there was an argument about whether or not Big Foot was valid history. Ever since then I've been thinking about how subjective history is.

Sufjan Stevens

HistoryThinkingRememberArgument

For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.'

Steven Seagal

LifeThinkMy LifeIdiotLookBack

I don't think an NC-17 rating is the kiss of death. Nor do I think that, in the hands of the right filmmakers, studios have a preconceived notion to pass on NC-17 material.

Steve Tisch

DeathKissThinkHandsRightPass

Drag queens always base their personas on their favorite female icons. Mine was Barbie, who's not necessarily a human but is as iconic and beautiful as any woman. I started really pushing it because I hit a crossroads of, 'I don't want to look like a woman or a man. I want to look like a wind-up toy, a plaything manufactured in a factory.'

Trixie Mattel

BeautifulWomanManLookWantHuman

Now I am also friendly with people who are not so nice to me. From what I've learnt, it's nice to be friendly. It's nice to make people feel good about themselves.

Shraddha Kapoor

GoodI AmPeopleMeFeel GoodFeel

You have to have coaches willing to adapt.

Rocky Wirtz

YouAdaptWillingCoaches

Fortunately for me, or unfortunately, they made me an editor of the Parish Prison Pelican. I could read and write, and I had a way with words.

Ron Shock

WordsMePrisonWayWriteMade

But in the long term, I think it is improper to limit your future.

Roy Moore

FutureThinkLongLimitLong Term

Anything with Soros, I lay low. People kind of just roll their eyes when you bring him up.

Mike Cernovich

WinCivil RightsHardRightsCivil

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

MusicMeWillAlwaysMostThing

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