Frederick Pollock Quotes

Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own.

Frederick Pollock

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• To this day I don't ever remember seeing a pet inside Moscow, I never saw anyone carrying a dog, or leading a dog. Err I finally saw a, a pet some years later in Kiev, so I thought that life must have been, different.

  

  Ralph Boston
  • Life
  • Different
  • Remember

• He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Men
  • Heart
  • Man

• I've now been in over 100 adverts for Walkers, and we've had a lot of laughs along the way.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Way
  • Now
  • Over

• No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Fight
  • Pet
  • Cats

• Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet.

  

  Pam Brown
  • Sweet
  • Feet
  • Pet

• The Iranians don't intimidate! They're like the Vietnamese and the Iraqis. You want to start a war with them? They'll still be fighting in fifty years!

  

  Ted Turner
  • War
  • Want
  • Fighting

• We created a line of pet food called Nutrish that's made to human standards, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to animal rescue. One of our top-tier donors is the ASPCA, and they help us challenge animal shelters all across the country to get more animals placed in homes.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Country
  • Help
  • Food

• I'm a cliche.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Cliche

• Debt collectors should be required to disclose the applicable statute of limitations in the body of their collection letters, in bold type. While it's not illegal to dun a consumer for an old debt, it is illegal to sue for one.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • Body
  • Old
  • Bold

• If we are uncritical we shall always find what we want: we shall look for, and find, confirmations, and we shall look away from, and not see, whatever might be dangerous to our pet theories. In this way it is only too easy to obtain what appears to be overwhelming evidence in favor of a theory which, if approached critically, would have been refuted.

  

  Karl Popper
  • Pet

• I spent a lot of time in the White House in the public areas where reporters are allowed to go, but I spoke to people about the private quarters as well. Some of the things I learned were small, novelistic details. For example, the fact that there were still pet stains on the carpets from the Bush cats when the Obamas moved in.

  

  Jodi Kantor
  • People
  • Time
  • House

• Like pretty much every short story writer, I submitted to every market under the sun and hoped for the best. The rejection letters I've collected over the years can probably make a book of their own.

  

  Ken Liu
  • Book
  • Pretty
  • Sun

• I have a lot of plants and fish and a pet lizard and Venus flytraps. I have a whole ecosystem in my room, like a running waterfall and different lights and sensors set on digital timers.

  

  Chris Pratt
  • Different
  • Running
  • Pet

• I'm a fan of the old 'Creature Features' like 'Critters,' and 'Gremlins' and 'Tremors.' 'Jaws' is classic. It's funny that I still like those films because I remember my mom would tease me about getting a pet Critter to keep under my bed.

  

  Brooke Nevin
  • Remember
  • Funny
  • Mom

• As a sociolinguist, I want to know how cultural differences affect the ways people talk and listen. My research method, inspired by the work of Robin Lakoff and John Gumperz of the University of California at Berkeley, is sociolinguistic microanalysis. I tape-record and transcribe naturally occurring conversations.

  

  Deborah Tannen
  • People
  • Work
  • Inspired

• My favorite type of pet has always been a dog. They're loyal, kind, and offer endless affection. My friend Eric says, 'The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.' Funny thought.

  

  Brendon Urie Panic! at the Disco
  • People
  • Funny
  • Friend

• No one ever pretended that shopping for anything is a rational experience. If it were, would there be Fluffernutter? Laceless sneakers? Porkpie hats? Would the Chia Pet even exist?

  

  Jeffrey Kluger
  • Experience
  • Shopping
  • Pet

• I have never been a pet lover or really craved the idea of having dogs.

  

  Kratika Sengar
  • Pet

• It's like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.

  

  Jesse Owens
  • Time
  • Long
  • Dog

• I thought it would be lovely to use [pet bulldog] Noelle as an example to teach the importance of being who you are. For me it's important to inspire children in a positive way, and at times they understand more messages through entertainment than when one is talking to them directly.

  

  Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
  • Important
  • Children
  • Positive

• Joyful, joyful, joyful, as only dogs know how to be happy with only the autonomy of their shameless spirit.

  

  Pablo Neruda
  • Happy
  • Spirit
  • Dog

• Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives.

  

  Diane Ackerman
  • House
  • Garden
  • Hunger

• I've had writing sessions with people, but I've never had one where you're just there, and you start making a song, and then it's too good to be true that something really cool will come out of this.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • People
  • Good
  • Writing

• Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own.

  

  Frederick Pollock
  • Pet