Hector De Crevecoeur Quotes & Sayings

He who governs himself according to what he calls his principles may be punished either by one party or the other for those very principles. He who proceeds without principle, as chance, timidity, or self-preservation directs, will not perhaps fare better; but he will be less blamed. — J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur

Most elegantly finished in all parts, [the hummingbird] is a miniature work of our Great Parent, who seems to have formed it the smallest, and at the same time the most beautiful of the winged species. — J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur

An Obama administration desperate to strike a deal is likely to strike a bad one. — John Barrasso

Beware a calm surface - you never know what lies beneath. — Paula Hawkins

Self-pity is not a pleasant emotion and is a fruitless one as well, for its point of no return is an onset of black despair in very short order. — Moss Hart

I wear men's cologne - it gets the fellas! — Kelly Rowland

Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready. — Laurel Clark

Is there not a way by which the man who can think can be enabled to have time to think? — Georgia Douglas Johnson

What, then, is this new man, the American? They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous breed, that race, now called Americans, have arisen. — J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur

Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are nothing but what we derive from the air we breathe, the climate we inhabit, the government we obey, the system of religion we profess, and the nature of our employment. — J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur

We think people go to a dictionary to find out what a word means. Most people go to the dictionary because they don't want to look stupid. — Erin McKean

My dad worked as an executive at Lockheed Aircraft and worked on the U-2 and things like that. My mother was a homemaker, and she was vice-president of the Democratic Council of California back in the '50s. — Robert Englund

Music is a passion of mine, so I also want to continue along that path, creating with my friends. — Sasha Grey

I guess that's what makes life special. It's unexpected. Scary as hell. But in the end, totally worth it. — Rachel Van Dyken