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Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me...

Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America.

Quote by Peter Fonda about old, olderness, good, good luck

I always seemed to disappoint them. They expected me to...

I always seemed to disappoint them. They expected me to be different than Henry or exactly like Henry. I was neither.

Quote by Peter Fonda

I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me.

Quote by Peter Fonda about thinking

A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about power

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his...

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about influence, teachers, eternity

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about liberty, absolute

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about marriage

Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about marriage

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about experience

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about water, society, americans

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous...

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

Quote by Henry B. Adams

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about chaos, habits, order, life

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about rules

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

Quote by Henry B. Adams

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about purpose

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the...

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about chaos, law, dream, order, word, nature, man

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

Quote by Henry B. Adams

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about man, world, good, good luck

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -...

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about intelligence, beginning, impossible, human imperfections

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of...

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about beginning, education, knowledge, nature, human imperfections, end

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