Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

Edgar Allan Poe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureTruthRichestMostGeneral

The time for me in the Peace Corps was easily the most formative experience I've had in my life.

Joe Kennedy III

LifeTimeExperiencePeaceMeMost

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.

John Buchanan Robinson

AltruismInterpretationModernEgoism

The idea of being charming and really nasty at the same time is a really difficult thing to do.

Jesse Spencer

TimeDifficultSameCharmingNasty

A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality.

Andrew O'Hagan

GoodPeopleNationalismDependMyths

In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.

Anna Deavere Smith

PeopleWayWhoseProfessionAround

With 'The Tudors,' I had a huge amount of material, I mean so many books and so much stuff about what they really said. So, in a way it was kind of trying to strip it out and find the stories inside all this material.

Michael Hirst

TryingFindSaidKindWayMean

I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City.

Steve Carell

FunCityCollegeChicagoGroupTry

I did not take a calculus course until my second year of college.

Robert Coleman Richardson

CollegeYearTakeSecondCourseDid

To the man who reads 'Scouting for Boys' superficially, there is a disappointing lack of religion in the book. But to him who tries it in practice, the basic religion underlying it soon becomes apparent.

Robert Baden-Powell

ManReligionPracticeBookHimSoon

Whether or not you have good consumer protection has a big effect on safety and soundness of the banking community, especially smaller banks.

Judd Gregg

GoodCommunitySafetyYouProtection

Train hard, train hard, train hard.

Jason Momoa

TrainHard

I think people are going to return to sanity when they see how ridiculous many of these charges are, and how the predictions are not borne out.

Dixie Lee Ray

PeopleThinkRidiculousSeeOut

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