1820 Quotes

#1. As late as 1820, families made three quarters of all goods - food, clothing, tools - for their own use.

Joshua Wolf Shenk

#2. At the first general meeting of this Corporation in 1820, his Lordship presided; a circumstance, which may well be considered an era in the history of the Church of Upper Canada.

John Strachan

#3. I believe that the appearance of God the Father and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, in 1820 to Joseph Smith unlocked the heavens not only to the great spiritual knowledge revealed in this dispensation but also to secular knowledge.

James E. Faust

#4. I'm the descendant of enslaved black people in this country. You could've been born in 1820 if you were black and looked back to your ancestors and saw nothing but slaves all the way back to 1619. Look forward another 50 or 60 years and saw nothing but slaves.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#5. It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school.

John Bright

#6. In 1820, the average lifespan was just 26 years. Twenty-six years!

Peter Diamandis

#7. Maine's motto is "Vacationland," but as far as I'm concerned, it should be, "Maine: Putting the 'spite' in hospitality since 1820."

John Hodgman

#8. There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.

Ben Folds

#9. Disobedience is a sure recipe for disaster, picking up the pieces is even harder

Kudakwashe Mazendame

#10. The first virtue of a young man today - that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and religion has regained its powers - is to be incapable of enthusiasm and not to have much in the way of brains.

Stendhal

#11. I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

Dionne Warwick

#12. They [leftists] are outraged when people are not cranky and not miserable. They want everybody to be, if they are. It isn't fair that some people should be enjoying life when other people don't.

Rush Limbaugh

#13. Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

Steven Tyler

#14. Howard Dean announced today he will campaign in seven states. The states are Rage, Frenzy, Fury, Rath, Fever, Agitation, and Delirium. Yeeeeaaaah!

Jay Leno

#15. Imagination is the stepping-stone for the new exciting creations.

Debasish Mridha