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There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

Quote by Robert Frost about education, teachers

My mother was quite anarchic and yet she had quite a moral code about personal responsibility. She was constantly stimulating her children's imaginations.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about moral, mother, children

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put...

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about reason, enthusiasm

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

Quote by Madonna about opinion, art, magic, work

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a...

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Quote by Tennessee Williams about lie, things

Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel...

Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn about marriage, people

Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely...

Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt about age, olderness, youth, life

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

Quote by Francis Bacon

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about modesty, conscience, body

No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature...

No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about genius, woman, man

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation -...

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about force, police, people

After all, an overvalued dollar gives us the ability to buy foreign goods at lower prices. And the existing volume of exports brings more yen and euros than they would if the dollar were more competitive.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about commerce, ability

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there...

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.

Quote by Giovanni Boccaccio about haven, joy, earth

Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo...

Quote by Dalton Trumbo about democracy, christians, people, wish, rightness, god

If you can dream it, you can do it.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Quote by Walt Disney about dream

The great thing about The Clash of course is that they...

The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that.

Quote by Lester Bangs about searching, things

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if...

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

Quote by Theodore Parker about sacrifice, eternity, duty, time

We're very needy people, you know.

We're very needy people, you know.

Quote by Alex Van Halen about people

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

Quote by Bertrand Russell about love, solitude, sex, man

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would...

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

Quote by Aristophanes about wisdom, life, people

I know what it's like to be a young actor.

I know what it's like to be a young actor.

Quote by Peter Fonda about actors

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on...

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about hate

Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk.

Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk.

Quote by Billy Idol about rocks, art, magic, people

You couldn't smoke grass on the set of Dallas, I didn't...

You couldn't smoke grass on the set of Dallas, I didn't want to do that, I was perfectly satisfied with my champagne.

Quote by Larry Hagman about smoke

One forgives the critic perhaps but never the...

One forgives the critic perhaps but never the good-natured friend.

Quote by James Payn about literary critic, good, good luck

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about press, law, public, rightness

But now I realize that this record business really needs...

But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.

Quote by Erykah Badu about chance, affair

I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in...

I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done.

Quote by Gordon Parks about influence, common sense, sense, work, life, people

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to...

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

Quote by Charles Babbage about wealth

How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.

Quote by Bram Stoker about opinion, sleep, dream, nothing, people

She is the original good time that was had by all.

She is the original good time that was had by all.

Quote by Bette Davis about good, good luck, time

I don't really enjoy filming.

I don't really enjoy filming.

Quote by Bill Forsyth

A hardware failure will cause system software to crash, ...

A hardware failure will cause system software to crash, and the customer engineer will blame the programmer.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, failure

The worn-out saucepans and tinware of our kitchens, when...

The worn-out saucepans and tinware of our kitchens, when beyond the reach of the tinker's art, are not utterly worthless.

Quote by Charles Babbage about art, magic

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

Quote by Giacomo Leopardi about death, man

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