Calvin Coolidge Quotes

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

Calvin Coolidge

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 4, 1872 - January 5, 1933

Topics

CharacterWealthCreateSelf-Control

Perhaps, despite my objections, the success of films like: 'The Help,' 'Django,' 'The Butler,' or '12 Years a Slave,' will further persuade Hollywood to widen its view and edit its erroneous perception of what a commercial black film can look like.

Joe Morton

SuccessPerceptionBlackViewHelp

There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death.

Jessica Hagedorn

MyselfDeathMeNightHorrorRadio

A lot of schools benefit from parents who are first- or second-generation immigrants, who expect the best for their children.

Michael Gove

ChildrenBestParentsImmigrantsWho

I didn't really have many friends as a child.

Trudie Styler

ChildFriendsManyReally

I grew up watching a lot of American television and so the American sound has been in my psyche somehow for a long time and is quite familiar and so that does make it easier.

Toni Collette

TimeAmericanLongTelevisionSound

I can understand wanting to be invisible and mistrusting people and wanting to understand everything before you engage with the world.

Rooney Mara

PeopleWorldYouI CanUnderstand

As many will remember, a respected Army Corps economist filed a whistleblower complaint about the Corps' use of faulty data to justify lock and dam expansion.

Ron Kind

ArmyDataRememberWillLockDam

The first few songs of the album 'Little Earthquakes' were unlike anything I'd ever heard.

Mick Foley

FirstLittleAnythingSongsAlbum

I only dunked maybe twice a game on average.

Dominique Wilkins

GameAverageTwiceOnlyMaybe

The reason I wrote 'You Suck' was that I so enjoyed spending time with Tommy and Jody.

Christopher Moore

TimeSpending TimeYouReasonSuck

A lot of actors say that theater's the thing for them. And that's great, and I'm not one to speak with any authority about it because of not having done it properly. For me, movies are what I love.

Christian Bale

LoveGreatMeSpeakDoneAuthority

I just come every day, do my stuff before the game, work hard. You work hard, and it pays off.

Asdrubal Cabrera

WorkDayWork HardGameYouHard

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Calvin Coolidge