Jonathan Swift Quotes
You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.Jonathan Swift
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
Carli Lloyd -
I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.
Nancy Roman -
As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
Candy Crowley -
Without children, men have more liberty to earn less - that is, they are free to pursue more fulfilling and less lucrative careers, like writing or art or teaching social studies.
Warren Farrell -
I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
Barbara Sukowa -
ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
Lasse Hallstrom
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A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
Carl von Clausewitz -
I always start with emotion. That's where I start all of my improvisations, on the piano. I always start with the mood or the feel of where I am in that moment.
Laura Mvula -
As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.
Adam Clarke -
I think that ISIS is a threat to our embassy, to our consulate, as well as potentially to the American people.
Rand Paul -
With a few exceptions, birds are not to be trusted; it is not normal to have such soft, vulnerable bodies bookended with slashing beaks and razor-sharp claws. It is as unnatural as an armed marshmallow.
Mallory Ortberg -
Much of our brainpower goes unused, and many people could benefit greatly from optimizing their mental assets.
Walter O'Brien
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Reliable data on the outsourcing of American jobs is sorely missing from the debate on globalization.
Dan Lipinski -
You had my heart inside of your hand but you played it to the beat.
Adele -
'Cause your love got the best of me, and baby you're making a fool of me. You got me sprung and i don't care who sees, 'cause baby you got me so crazy.
Beyonce Destiny's Child -
A real good artist is basically a grown-up kid, who never kills the kid. What we call being an adult is basically about killing the kid. People think you have to forget about the kid to become an adult and deal with grown-up problems. But, that's bullshit. We are still kids. It's the same, you just grow up. You're a kid with more experience.
Quentin Dupieux -
No universal selfishness can bring social good to all. Communism - the effort to give all men what they need and to ask of each the best they can contribute - this is the only way of human life.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
I have a good time doing 'Give Me Back My Man.' Keith Strickland can really fly on the guitar.
Cynthia Leigh Wilson The B-52s