Emerson Quotations

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history.

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration.

I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained as an actor at Emerson College, and I use that training to play myself.

I studied journalism at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. I did my graduate work at Emerson in Boston, and I was actually a reporter for a year in New York and New Jersey. It dawned on me that I wasn't cut out for that line of work. I mean... there's a certain thing that really good reports have that I just didn't.

When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by listening to jazz in the late 1940s and then vocal harmony groups like the Four Freshmen, the Modernaires and the Hi-Lo's. I loved Stan Kenton's big band - with those dark chords and musicians who could swing cool with individual sounds.

Alas, those six unfortunate souls who have made their way through my books know that every one of them is about Emerson and Thoreau and their dark counters, Melville and Emily Dickinson. Try as I might, I can't get their inspirations, their challenges and sentences and wisdom and questions out of my head.

We all know how we can be turned around by a magic place; that's why we travel, often. And yet we all know, too, that the change cannot be guaranteed. Travel is a fool's paradise, Emerson reminded us, if we think that we can find anything far off that we could not find at home.

We're asked by our company to form relationships with elected officials, so that they know who Emerson is and so that we have some open doors and people to communicate with on key concerns.

When I made the decision to leave I could have potentially been in an election just two to three days after. Mr. Emerson campaigned as a Liberal and just a few days after the election made the decision to leave.

He's been impressive early on. We want Hank to be part of this thing for a long time, so this might be a better opportunity for Emerson to do some things. He has the potential to be an impact player behind the plate. He took the switch very positively and wants to learn and get better. We know it's early, but based on what he did last year with the bat and the potential he has defensively, it's an intriguing package.

Michael Emerson is just a prince. There's something about him. He's so sweet. I don't know how to describe it. There's something about him that's a bit royal.

We hadn't beat Emerson in three years, so that was a pretty good win for us.

We are gratified by Korea South East Power's ongoing confidence in Emerson technologies and people. We're pleased to be able to continue our affiliation with this award-winning plant by providing a comprehensive digital automation solution that will serve as a model for future plants in the region.

Bristol will extend the Emerson product portfolio and leadership in flow measurement products and services, enabling us to offer an even broader range of value, performance, and reliability to our customers. In addition, the Bristol Babcock management team demonstrates excellent leadership, innovation, dedication to quality, and strong company performance...qualities that fit well with Emerson.

At this point, Mr. Emerson is irrelevant. It's about electoral fraud. It's about doing the right thing for the people who live in this riding who did not have the decision that they made respected.

Emerson received some votes for (Atlantic Sun) Player of the Year. He's going to be a handful. He's a little different. Not only can he post up big, he's got some moves down there. And he can pop out and hit the 3-pointer, too.

Emerson Radio Corp. is truly the perfect partner for Nokia Theatre Times Square, ... The wide range of their cutting edge product line and the technology that they will bring to our theatre, coupled with their long and established history of quality and innovation and use of interactive displays, will clearly complement all of the other great innovations and amenities that the fans that will visit Nokia Theatre Times Square will benefit from. It is a match made in marketing heaven.

Ralph Waldo Emerson had this philosophy about be silly, be honest and be kind. I really try to talk to a lot of people about that on the team, and Joy is certainly all those qualities.

Reading Emerson is like drinking water to me.

Of the creative spirits that flourished in Concord, Massachusetts, during the middle of the nineteenth century, it might be said that Hawthorne loved men but felt estranged from them, Emerson loved ideas even more than men, and Thoreau loved himself.

They had spent so much money on consultants trying to figure out the health care plan that (they said) ... 'Why don't we establish a small office in Washington to have someone with the Emerson brand on our forehead (and) to make sure we have relationships with our elected officials?'

At Emerson we never use the term 'lobby,' ... We use the term 'educate.' Our management believes that if we can educate elected officials to the global challenges that American businesses face today ... that hopefully they will make better public policy decisions.

It will be a credit for him. It will boost him and he'll crow that 'I got something that the Liberals, for all these years, didn't get.' He'll have proved also that Emerson was the guy to keep on this beat.

The Nokia Theatre in New York Times Square is the ideal venue to showcase the Emerson brand name. For more than 55 years, Emerson has been a brand that consumers have recognized for quality, innovation and value. We're pleased that through this sponsorship, we will reach a whole new generation of consumers looking for the same qualities that their parents and grandparents have come to enjoy.

The closing of the Emerson plant was a blow to the community as well as the many talented employees who lost work with the shut down of that plant.

Some may try and tell us that this is the end of an era. But what they overlook is that in America, every day is a new beginning, and every sunset is merely the latest milestone on a voyage that never ends. For this is the land that has never become, but is always in the act of becoming. Emerson was right: America is the land of tomorrow.

He told me that when (Ralph Waldo) Emerson came to California, (Muir) tried to get him to come out and camp with him, for that was the only way in which to see at their best the majesty and charm of the Sierras, ... Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography.