Edmund H. North Quotes

Getting emotional about things is a peacetime luxury. In wartime, it's much too painful.

Edmund H. North

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 12, 1911 - August 28, 1990

Topics

LuxuryEmotionalThingsPainfulMuch

I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.

Jimmy Iovine

WalkPeopleDoorListeningEgoYou

I decided to design and build my own stereo amplifier system at age 13.

Jim Cantrell

AgeDesignBuildMy OwnSystemOwn

Nothing will ever be as big as 'The Phantom of the Opera' for me.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

MeNothingWillOperaBigPhantom

I have a good brain on me, but I've never really used it when it came to making decisions about love, which has been a blessing and a curse.

Sienna Miller

LoveGoodBlessingMeBrainNever

I was on the show previously as a guest host, so I had a little practice.

Rocco DiSpirito

PracticeLittleGuestShowHostHad

I spent a long time reporting on trans issues, and I know in the course of that reporting I saw how deeply adversity runs.

Ronan Farrow

AdversityTimeLongKnowLong Time

I am honored to have served as our great nation's first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. I will continue to serve as Ambassador Emeritus. And I will make good on my Ambassadorial promise to my wife to stop playing the 'Fanfare' every time I walk into or out of a room.

Jon Scieszka

GoodGreatTimeWalkWifeI Am

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

Bono

PeopleStartFamousWalkingYou

As a little girl I always dreamed of having a cosmetics contract, which was the cherry on top of 'making it' in my opinion.

Paula Patton

GirlOpinionTopAlwaysCherry

It is safe to say that when people are short on cash, they might be less productive at work, be worse parents, and have less self-control.

Sendhil Mullainathan

WorkParentsPeopleShortSaySafe

Liberals are very much afraid of conservative women, and here's the reason why - more people agree with us. They want the government to have less control over their lives.

Marsha Blackburn

WomenGovernmentPeopleControlWant

Meditating is easier than most people think. Start by focusing and following your breath. The goal is not to eliminate thoughts entirely but to continually return to your breath. Taking this time to relax your mind can help sharpen your focus in other aspects of your work and allow you to work for longer periods of time.

Lewis Howes

WorkTimeFocusPeopleMindRelax

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