Quotes of: George-w Keyword

We have hands that must work, brains that must think, and personalities that must be developed.

Jill Lepore

I started walking a wire when I was 2 years old, and this has been a dream of mine to recreate this walk.

Nik Wallenda

Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.

Paul Farmer

Usually, when I walk on a wire, I inspect the anchor point on both sides before crossing.

Philippe Petit

I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances.

Philippe Petit

I was thrown out of different schools because I was practicing my arts - magic, juggling, and the high wire.

Philippe Petit

I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike.

Philippe Petit

I would like to continue to tell stories of what I did in a biographical way, so I will continue to write.

Philippe Petit

I've frowned at the idea of breaking records, the first one to do something, or do it longer, higher, more difficult.

Philippe Petit

Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green.

Robert Cailliau

There's a certain clubbiness to the idea that you're an ex-president. You're no longer a politician. You're a statesman.

Robert Dallek

Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy.

Robert Dallek

Harry Truman wrote scathing letters, but he almost never sent them.

Robert Dallek

The notion that Jews are mythic creatures is well circulating in our culture.

Steven T. Katz

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.

Sean Parker

Jews have never, ever, ever wished to be separate, unless they were forced to be.

Simon Schama

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy.

Thomas Arnold

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability . . . it is energy.

Thomas Arnold

Media bias has been a favorite theme of the Right for decades, of course.

Thomas Frank

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

Thomas Fuller

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

Thomas Fuller