1824 Quotes & Sayings

Fear is contagious. You can catch it. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say that they're scared for the fear to become real. Mo was terrified, and now Nick was too. — Neil Gaiman

Once the people of planet Earth are all hanging out together online in a virtual world without any borders, I think it could change social networking, entertainment and even politics. — Ernest Cline

I don't think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever. — Tommy Lee

My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth. — Barbara Stanwyck

The gang leader was a gentleman.
Which made me want him even more. — Allison Van Diepen

Such artistic forays into the countryside had been made easier by the invention, in 1824, of metal tubes for oil paints, which replaced the messy and awkward pig bladders in which artists of previous generations had kept their paints; and by the introduction of collapsible three-legged stools and portable easels, both of which could be carried into the countryside by the artist.18 — Ross King

Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work. — Nat King Cole

Today I raised your letter hastily to my lips, and it set my teeth on edge. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Our spiritual character is formed as much by what we endure and what is taken from us as it is by our achievements and our conscious choices. — Flannery O'Connor

Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination. — Christopher Isherwood

After my mother's death, I had such difficulty relating to people. — Jaron Lanier

Faith and character are intimately related. Faith in the power of obedience to the commandments of God will forge strength of character available to you in times of urgent need. — Richard G. Scott

When Lafayette visited Monticello in 1824, his old friend Thomas Jefferson toasted him: When I was stationed in his country for the purpose of cementing its friendship with ours, and of advancing our mutual interests, this friend of both, was my most powerful auxiliary and advocate. He made our cause his own . . . His influence and connections there were great. All doors of all departments were open to him at all times. In truth, I only held the nail, he drove it. — Sarah Vowell

Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless. — Artur Schnabel

I was seized on the 8th of June, 1824, in consequence of the war with Bengal and, in company with Dr. Price, three Englishmen, one American, and one Greek, was thrown into the death prison at Ava, where we lay eleven months - nine months in three pairs and two months in five pairs of fetters. — Adoniram Judson

1824: "Let everyone in love come and see. I want to break Venus's ribs with clubs and cripple the goddess's loins. If she can strike through my soft chest, then why can't I smash her head with a club? — Leland Gregory

In the period from 1824 to 1833, the tendency was steadily in the former direction, but it was only in the latter part of it that it was made really efficient. — Henry Charles Carey

If it is not beautiful for someone, it does not exist. — William Gaddis

Health messages are simply overwhelmed, in volume and in effectiveness, by junk-food ads that often deploy celebrities or cartoon characters to great effect. We may know that eating fruits and vegetables is good for us, but the preponderance of the signals we get - and especially the signals children get - push us in the direction of junk food. — Michael Moss