Lafcadio Hearn It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality. – Lafcadio Hearn Mankind Quotes Modern Quotes Morality Quotes Observed Quotes Progressed Quotes Rapidly Quotes Respect Quotes Thinkers Quotes Wisely Quotes Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles. It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race.
Ezra Cornell Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1,000 apple trees agrowing. – Ezra Cornell
Jason Moran I’m a bit of a traditionalist, but I kind of mangle things as I perform in a contemporary way. – Jason Moran
Mikaela Shiffrin Here’s the thing. You can’t get ten thousand hours of skiing. You spend so much time on the chairlift. My coach did a calculation of how many hours I’ve been on snow. We’d been overestimating. I think we came up with something like eleven total hours of skiing on snow a year. It’s, like, seven minutes a day. – Mikaela Shiffrin
George Eliot It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old. – George Eliot
Ishaan Khatter Movies have only fascinated me; they’ve cultivated me, made me the person I am today. – Ishaan Khatter
Armand Duplantis My event is just like golf in that you have to practice a lot. It’s so specific, it needs time. – Armand Duplantis
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