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He may have been a trifle wild.
— Jacob A. Riis
Men have a trick of coming up to what is expected of them, good or bad.
— Jacob August Riis
When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
— Jacob Riis
His two podium candidates looked like two blokes who had just got up from the Christmas buffet.
— Bjarne Riis
Jacob Riis in his How the Other Half Lives
— David McCullough
Higher education is booming in the United States; the Gross National Mind is mounting along with the Gross National Product.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.
— Rainbow Rowell
How shall the love of God be understood by those who have been nurtured in sight only of the greed of man?
— Jacob A. Riis
I don't think Obama will get re-elected.
— Jim DeMint
Some defeats are only installments to victory.
— Jacob Riis
The slum is the measure of civilization.
— Jacob Riis
I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
— Dan Fogler
Every scent is the sun's scent.
— Dejan Stojanovic
In self-defence, you know, all life eventually accommodates itself to its environment, and human life is no exception.
— Jacob A. Riis
Only humans are unpredictable.
— Lauren Oliver