Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

Edgar Allan Poe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849

Topics

FriendshipLoveHeartManTestHim

Once you meet an entrepreneur like Jack Ma, you just want to make sure you bet on him. It's not a hard decision.

Jerry Yang

DecisionYouEntrepreneurWantMeet

You have a different experience as a woman walking through life; you just do.

Amanda de Cadenet

LifeExperienceWomanWalkingYou

Remember that before 'Roe v. Wade' was decided, there were four states that allowed abortion in the first trimester if that's what the woman sought: New York, Hawaii, California, Alaska. Other states were shifting. And people were fighting over this issue in state legislatures.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

WomanNew YorkPeopleFightingNew

My existence is fuller of other people's experiences than my own. If they cut open my brain, these are what I would retain most.

David Tang

PeopleBrainMy OwnOpenExistence

I try to not think too much about how stuff gets seen as it's being done by a woman. Because if you think about it, then you end up thinking about how you're acting, and if you are thinking about how you're acting, then you are preoccupied and you're going to end up being insincere. You're kind of not present.

Christine Quinn

WomanThinkThinkingPresentEnd

I am a sucker for that childhood romance narrative.

Cole Sprouse

ChildhoodI AmRomanceNarrativeAm

The pressure, for me, is not important. I was born with pressure. The pressure is not important for me.

Antonio Conte

MePressureBornImportant

I've often made revisions at that stage that turned out to be mistakes because I wasn't really in the rhythm of the story anymore. I see a little bit of writing that doesn't seem to be doing as much work as it should be doing, and right at the end, I will sort of rev it up. But when I finally read the story again, it seems a bit obtrusive.

Alice Munro

WorkMistakesWritingStoryEndSee

There's nothing wrong with crooks having lawyers. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer.

Sydney Pollack

LawyerLawyersWrongNothingHaving

Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep.

Peter Singer

ChildrenTimeBestBetterResolution

We've done all the work that HRC wanted on the twin and the project has been completed. We were consistently up there with the top guys and that is what HRC wanted to prove.

Sete Gibernau

WorkDoneProveTopProjectUp

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Seneca

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