Dag Hammarskjold Quotes

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.

Dag Hammarskjold

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: diplomat
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: July 29, 1905 - September 18, 1961

Topics

TimeMomentDaySoulChildWaiting

For John Wilkes Booth, sweeping, grand gestures were a way of life. It was how he navigated his way through this world. The bigger and bolder, the better.

Jesse Johnson

LifeWorldBetterWayBiggerGrand

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

John Churton Collins

AdversityFriendsKnowProsperityUs

I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.

Megan Fox

WomenBusinessPurposeThinkYou

I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director. I know that I've definitely found what I should be doing with my life. In my life, as far as my career goes, I always felt, as an actor, that it was something that would just be a temporary thing that would get me to what I wanted to do next. That's what my acting did.

Steve Antin

LifeMyselfMeMy LifeDoingActing

Real people are never central characters in my works.

Stephanie Laurens

PeopleNeverRealReal PeopleWorks

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Soren Kierkegaard

LifeYouLivingHiddenOwnForces

Lincoln's address at Gettysburg - 272 words dedicating a cemetery at the site of one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles - has been called by scholars the source of all modern political prose.

Mike Quigley

WordsWarPoliticalGettysburgBeen

You see figure skaters fall all the time. It's the way you pick yourself back up and keep going.

Michelle Kwan

TimeKeep GoingYourselfYouFall

I'd love to be able to do a really good English movie.

Mitch Hewer

LoveGoodEnglishAbleMovieReally

We live in the Age of the Next New Thing; we're assaulted day and night by tastemakers telling us what the next hit will be, the next style, the next cool.

Clive Barker

LiveAgeStyleDayCoolNight

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.

Cindy Crawford

LookingWake UpUpLikeEvenWake

And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.

Clay Aiken

SuccessThinkYouMeasuredHowMany

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