Nineteenth Century famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.
-- Alberto Moravia

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The world has produced about 1 trillion barrels of oil since the start of the industry in the nineteenth century. Currently, it is thought that there are at least 5 trillion barrels of petroleum resources, of which 1.4 trillion is sufficiently developed and technically and economically accessible.
-- Daniel Yergin

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Titles are too "thin" for the nineteenth century.
-- Henry Ward Beecher

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Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth century.
-- John McGahern

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In nineteenth-century Russia, sauerkraut was valued more than caviar,
-- Mark Kurlansky

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In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.
-- William Weld

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A day will come when the European god of the nineteenth century will be classed with the gods of Olympus and the Nile.
-- William Winwood Reade

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What a joy it is to read a book that shocks one into remembering just how high one's literary standards should be.â€¦ a tour de force by one of England's best novelistsâ€¦. Atonement is a spectacular book; as good a novel â€” and more satisfyingâ€¦â€” than anything McEwan has writtenâ€¦.sublimely written narrativeâ€¦. The Dunkirk passage is a stupendous piece of writing, a set piece that could easily stand on its own.â€¦
I've actually done a lot of comedy.
Love enters the heart unawares: takes precedence of all the emotions--or, at least, will be second to none--and even reflection becomes its accomplice. While it lives, it renders blind; and when it has struck its roots deep only itself can shake them. It reminds one of hospitality as practiced among the ancients. The stranger was received upon the threshold of the half-open door, and introduced into the sanctuary reserved for the Penates. Not until every attention had been lavished upon him did the host ask his name; and the question was sometimes deferred till the very moment of departure.
I play piano and guitar. Acoustic guitar. I tried studying classical guitar when I was 16 but it got really hard. I could never play a lead to save my life.
I think I'm going to cry, this is crazy." "No, you're just processing. Go ahead and cry." "I thought men got nervous around crying females." "I'm a Marine, remember? We're trained to handle anything.
The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
To help us bring benefit to others through our words and actions, it is useful to cultivate an attitude of sympathetic joy in othersâ€™ achievements and good fortune. This attitude is a powerful antidote against envy, which is not only a source of unnecessary suffering on the individual level but also an obstacle to our ability to reach out and engage with others.
You donâ€™t need to be a completely complete human right now â€¦ Thatâ€™s what makes you human.
I pray thee, sir, forgive me for the mess/And whether I shot first, I'll not confess. - Han Solo
The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person. He belongs rightly to the action generation whose motto is do more but feel less.