A. E. Housman Quotes

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.

A. E. Housman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 26, 1859 - April 30, 1936

Topics

GoodGreatPerceptionLiterature

We benefit from doing nothing, from going out to play, from giving from the heart and spending time in nature. Most of all we benefit from having healthy, strong, and loving relationships with other people and from exercising the altruistic parts of ourselves.

Jo Ann Davis

NatureHeartTimePeopleStrong

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

Jim Hightower

SlavesWagesJustEvenJobsIssue

Acting forces me to socialise, which is good for me, I think.

Jesse Eisenberg

GoodMeThinkActingForcesI Think

My first job, 9 years old, part-time, was selling Christmas cards door-to-door. Ten years old, my brother and I had paper routes. We delivered a morning paper called the 'L.A. Examiner.' Get up at 4 o'clock, fold your papers, deliver them and get ready for school.

John Paul DeJoria

MorningJobSchoolBrotherCards

The only reason baseball's numerical touchstones have any significance is that most players - even the game's greats - peter out just barely before they reach them.

Stephen Rodrick

BaseballGameReachReasonOutJust

I like to be part of the change I want to see in the world. Not being afraid of criticism is actually a big advantage.

Ronda Rousey

ChangeWorldCriticismWantSeeBig

Think of Virginia Woolf, 'A Room of One's Own' - that's what women have always needed under patriarchy and can't be creative without. They took away my classroom and my status to teach, and now they have taken away my office, and all of it is giving the message that Virginia Woolf and I are losing what I call 'womenspace.'

Mary Daly

WomenCreativeLosingThinkGiving

The Republican Party is a much bigger tent than people give it credit for. We have a lot of what I guess you all call moderate Republicans.

Rudy Giuliani

PeopleCreditYouPartyRepublican

It is a distinct and an honor to work with the august Regina King. I would call her Queen King. This woman is one of our treasures. She's an actor's actor. She has craft to burn. She's a craftsman who knows what she is doing, and she's got soul.

Russell Hornsby

WorkWomanSoulQueenKingHonor

We all have times when we go home at night and pull out our hair and feel misunderstood and lonely and like we're falling. I think the brain is such that there is always going to be something missing.

Jude Law

HomeBrainHairNightThinkLonely

The difficulty is, Pell Grants are an attempt to do the right thing, and that is to give the low-income student an opportunity to access higher education, and that's a good thing. And welfare was an attempt to help those most in need. The difficulty is, often times a program is so successful that it grows and grows and grows and grows.

Denny Rehberg

EducationGoodOpportunityHelpNeed

I would love to be a superhero.

Anthony Mackie

LoveSuperheroWould

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