Francis Bacon Quotes

Boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences.

Francis Bacon

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• I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Life
  • Home
  • Golf

• Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Career
  • Mom
  • Moral

• Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Going
  • Putin

• The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Time
  • Sleep
  • Brain

• Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • Church
  • Never
  • Hell

• I love the folk-rock of the Seventies and the pop of the Eighties.

  

  Gabrielle Aplin
  • Rock
  • Pop
  • Seventies

• It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.

  

  Adam Brown
  • Room
  • Odd
  • Sharing

• I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • People
  • Believe
  • Risk

• I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Band
  • Rock
  • Joke

• An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.

  

  Dale Robertson
  • Change
  • Personality
  • Actor

• People often focus on the downsides of population growth but neglect the upsides. These upsides may even outweigh the downsides, making a larger population a good thing overall.

  

  Ian Goldin
  • People
  • Good
  • May

• Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.

  

  Adam Brody
  • Different
  • Fun
  • Film

• People expect to see white guys, Sunday afternoon, on 'Face the Nation.' And people with a direct interest in politics do watch those shows. But not a lot of normal people watch those shows. But, 'Real Time With Bill Maher,' it's unbelievable how many people watch that.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • People
  • Time
  • Real

• If you want something, work hard for it, go after it. I can't worry about all the 'no's, because I believe there's a yes, and I've been very fortunate to find those in my career and made the most of those opportunities.

  

  Mara Brock Akil
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Career

• For makeup, I swear by a base of Embryolisse, Nars concealer, that Bobbie Brown foundation stick, Pat's highlighter, a brow fill-in with dark brown eyeshadow and angle brush, a groom with Anastasia brow gel, an eyelash curl, and two swipes of drugstore mascara.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
  • Dark
  • Makeup
  • Foundation

• I never did steroids in my life. I know all the fighters; they are all on steroids.

  

  Nate Diaz
  • Life
  • Know
  • My Life

• Someday, the capitalist system will disappear in the United States, because no social class system has been eternal. One day, class societies will disappear.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Day
  • Class
  • System

• But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.

  

  Gavin DeGraw
  • Kind
  • Myself
  • Never

• The Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns. Who does Bill Clinton think stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock?

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • Country
  • Rock

• When you talk to a Republican, many of them just outright say, 'Yeah. Climate change isn't real,' without assessing the facts, and it's a big problem. It's not a red or blue issue, it's a green issue... Not because of facts or science but because of emotion.

  

  Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
  • Real
  • Science
  • Red

• There's a wide variety of demographics for fans of T.I. now, that you have to do something to satisfy everyone.

  

  T.I.
  • Fans
  • Variety
  • Demographics

• To me, first and foremost, basketball is a fun sport. It is a hobby, an interest. And second, it is a profession. I feel that I am very fortunate that I can find a professional job that I really, really love.

  

  Yao Ming
  • Job
  • Fun
  • Professional

• The food of hope is meditative action.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Hope
  • Food
  • Action

• Boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences.

  

  Francis Bacon