Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862

Topics

BusinessHimPleasureSuccessfulWho

I've spent my life being embarrassed.

Jessica Chastain

LifeMy LifeEmbarrassedBeingSpent

Dull would be the man who should merely tolerate this plan of social industry. Weak would be the position of him who should take an apologetic tone in defending it, or present its claims in a merely negative way, by exposing the evils and perils of the socialistic plan.

John Bates Clark

ManNegativePresentPlanWayWeak

When it comes to heartbreaks and disappointments, I often have to be more or less done with them to be able to write about them. Then you might ask why I would write about them at all, but I think I owe it to the Jens of the past.

Jens Lekman

PastThinkYouDoneWhyWrite

We really need to change taxation policy so that it is not skewed against owning more than one house.

Andrew Forrest

ChangeHouseMoreNeedPolicyThan

Titles are important; I have them before I have books that belong to them. I have last chapters in my mind before I see first chapters, too. I usually begin with endings, with a sense of aftermath, of dust settling, of epilogue.

John Irving

MindImportantFirstDustSeeBegin

The only actual solution is the eventual collapse and demise of civilization... I think it needs to happen, but no one, not even me, really wants it to happen.

Andy Hurley

MeThinkSolutionCivilizationOnly

It's kind of amazing how popular 'Grey's Anatomy' is. What other show can boast such an annoyingly sincere cast of doctors, sniveling through such perfunctory love triangles?

Rob Sheffield

LoveAmazingKindGreyAnatomyShow

Only thing I ever thought I'd see is a picture with me in a uniform with stripes on it and a number under my mug shot.

Roddy Piper

MeThoughtPictureUniformSeeOnly

I'm not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.

Roy Keane

HappyEveryoneKeepManchester United

This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only to destroy each other.

Mikhail Bakunin

GodTogetherWishHumanityTwoHere

For 'A.D.,' when I got the script, I was really moved, because even though it told a story that I knew all my life, it was told in a different way. It was told from a very personal point of view.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

LifeStoryViewMy LifePersonal

I have a lot of respect for Big Bang because they are all very talented.

Jay Park

RespectBig BangBigBecauseBang

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