A happy family is but an earlier heaven. George Bernard Shaw Irish Dramatist More George Bernard Shaw Quotes 1
So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year. John Quincy Adams American President More John Quincy Adams Quotes 1
Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot of different masks, and showboat ways of performing. Now, that's a lie. The less I have to hide, the less I have to act. Thomas Jane American Actor More Thomas Jane Quotes 1
What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade. Gertrude Jekyll British Celebrity More Gertrude Jekyll Quotes 0
When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded. Helmut Jahn Architect More Helmut Jahn Quotes 0
Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent. Arthur Keith Scottish Scientist More Arthur Keith Quotes 0
Earlier ages fortified themselves behind the sovereign state, behind protectionism and militarism. Christian Lous Lange Norwegian Politician More Christian Lous Lange Quotes 0
The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of fourteen hours intervenes between then and breakfast. Patrick MacGill Irish Journalist More Patrick MacGill Quotes 0
There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of years earlier. There was a civil war going on in El Salvador and there was a similar situation in Guatemala. So Honduras was in a rather precarious geographic position indeed. John Negroponte American Diplomat More John Negroponte Quotes 0
Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me. Conan O'Brien American Entertainer More Conan O'Brien Quotes 0
The decision for me was whether to have "The Father" be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else. Sharon Olds American Poet More Sharon Olds Quotes 0
I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures. Brian De Palma American Director More Brian De Palma Quotes 0
Earlier feminists were almost universally pro-choice and have dominated political debate until now. Having access to abortion was viewed as the only way women could have full equality with men, who, until recently, couldn't get pregnant. Kathleen Parker American Journalist More Kathleen Parker Quotes 0
A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry. Walter Pater English Critic More Walter Pater Quotes 0
Once again the mastermind was Lionel Curtis, and the earlier Round Table Groups and Institutes of International Affairs were used as nuclei for the new network. Carroll Quigley American Writer More Carroll Quigley Quotes 0
The earlier practice of the Church had been more or less to employ in worship under the presidency of the pastor or pastors, the gifts of the congregation. Robert Rainy Scottish Clergyman More Robert Rainy Quotes 0
I would have started the National Actors Theatre 30 years earlier. Tony Randall American Actor More Tony Randall Quotes 0
We have believed for many years, much earlier than anyone else was talking about this issue, that it was in the interest of China to evolve to a more flexible exchange rate system. Rodrigo Rato Spanish Politician More Rodrigo Rato Quotes 0
For the first time, individual hackers could afford to have home machines comparable in power and storage capacity to the minicomputers of ten years earlier - Unix engines capable of supporting a full development environment and talking to the Internet. Eric S. Raymond American Author More Eric S. Raymond Quotes 0
Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first. George Saintsbury English Writer More George Saintsbury Quotes 0
The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help. Carl Sandburg American Poet More Carl Sandburg Quotes 0
At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match. Sachin Tendulkar Indian Athlete More Sachin Tendulkar Quotes 0
I think it's a little early to tell what the economic impact will be. This year our cattle prices have been particularly high. The demand for beef has remained strong in this country, even though there was the single find in Canada earlier this year. Ann Veneman American Public Servant More Ann Veneman Quotes 0
As I said earlier, there are no writers who could create a literary vision of the new reality. Andrzej Wajda Polish Director More Andrzej Wajda Quotes 0
I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and the movies twenty five, thirty years earlier, I think I would have made a lot more musical movies. Christopher Walken American Actor More Christopher Walken Quotes 0