Francis Bacon Quotes
Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason.Francis Bacon
Quotes to Explore
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It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
Inga Cadranel -
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Otto von Bismarck -
I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
Yani Tseng -
What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.
Rachel Sklar -
I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.
Dani Shapiro -
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
F. Sionil Jose
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
Rachel Sklar -
Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
Ursula Burns -
When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.
Harold Ford, Jr. -
I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
Vanna White -
So I was always passionate about it and felt that it was sort of the golden thread inside me in terms of what I was supposed to do in terms of work but I think I have relaxed a lot in terms of the actual experience and actually enjoy it more and enjoy the people more.
Barbara Hershey
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Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.
Vernon Howard -
It is time for the world, the hemisphere and the region to make sure that relevant institutions of civil society and relevant laws are embedded in the mechanisms of governance.
Baldwin Spencer -
Music has that ability to be a magical thing, and I was like, maybe music is the vehicle that transports us to that other world.
Zack Snyder -
I'm constantly hydrating my hair.
Bebe Rexha -
We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.
Sammy Hagar Chickenfoot -
If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?
Oscar Hammerstein
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I am just an ordinary person trying to do an ordinary job.
Jeremy Corbyn -
Forever continue to love, heal and educate the children. The future shines on them.
Michael Jackson -
"It pleases the Father that ALL fulness" should be there; and therefore there is nothing but emptiness anywhere else.
William Gadsby -
I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
Nancy Lublin -
Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason.
Francis Bacon