English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Henry David Thoreau quote: "We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by..."

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

Henry David Thoreau

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

I have to blame myself for not finding any way of reaching him, but I can't feel that either Ruth or I had anything much to do with his corruption. His personal motives were freedom and pleasure, and he misread them both. Wallace Stegner
Our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos, music embedded deep within us to which we dance, even when we can't name the tune. Deepak Chopra
Henri Matisse quote: "It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like..."
It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. Henri Matisse
You're a poem?' I repeated. She chewed her lower lip. 'If you want. I am a poem, or I am a pattern, or a race of people whose whose world was swallowed by the sea.' 'Isn't it hard to be three things at the same time?' 'What's your name?' 'Enn.' 'So you are Enn,' she said. 'And you are a male. And you are a biped. Is it hard to be three things at the same time? Neil Gaiman
Spider Robinson quote: "Me, I have a science fiction writer's conviction that the damn..."
Me, I have a science fiction writer's conviction that the damn robot is supposed to speakhuman, not the other way around. Spider Robinson
Forty pictures I was in, and all I remember is 'What kind of bra will you be wearing today, honey?' That was always the area of big decision - from the neck to the navel. Donna Reed
We had no irony when it came to girls, though. There was just no time to develop it. One moment they weren't there, not in any form that interested us, anyway, and the next you couldn't miss them; they were everywhere, all over the place. One moment you wanted to clonk them on the head for being your sister, or someone else's sister, and the next you wanted to....actually, we didn't know what we wanted next, but it was something. Almost overnight, all these sisters (there was no other kind... Nick Hornby
I carry an umbrella when I am outdoors and always wear sunscreen, even when I am sitting in front of a computer screen! I never touch coffee or other caffeinated drinks. Fan Binbing
I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. 'Never be ashamed,’ my ol’ dad used ter say, ‘there’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth botherin’ with. J. K. Rowling
The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they don't mind admitting it. Hunter S. Thompson
Sinclair Lewis quote: "When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag..."
When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. Sinclair Lewis
Barbra Streisand quote: "Life's too short. Start with Dessert!"
Life's too short. Start with Dessert! Barbra Streisand
Dave Davies quote: "My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF..."
My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world. Dave Davies
Boris Pasternak quote: "I have the impression that if he didn't complicate his life so..."
I have the impression that if he didn't complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom. Boris Pasternak
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Her wish to die was as pervasive as a dial tone: you lift the..."
Her wish to die was as pervasive as a dial tone: you lift the receiver, it's always there. Joyce Carol Oates