Walter Bagehot Quotes

'Maternity,' it has been said, 'is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.'

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• When Occupy Wall Street happened, I took my money out of Citibank. I already had problems with all the banks - Citibank, Bank of America - but I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out until I saw how Citibank responded to Occupy Wall Street.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Money
  • America
  • Wall

• I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.

  

  Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
  • God
  • Believe
  • Heart

• This field is not necessarily glamorous, nor does it often produce immediate results, but it seeks to increase our basic understanding of living processes.

  

  Aaron Klug
  • Understanding
  • Living
  • Field

• In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Death
  • Terrorism
  • Sickness

• I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Think
  • Always
  • Majority

• I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Important
  • Mind
  • Experience

• People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • People
  • Love
  • Truth

• My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.

  

  Natan Sharansky
  • Experience
  • Society
  • Fear

• The effort of every time I put out a video, it was like, 'Okay, I've got to put it on my Facebook, I've got to put it on my website, what's the view count now? What's the view count now? What's the view count now?' You get obsessive with it.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • Time
  • Effort
  • View

• Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.

  

  Oscar De La Hoya
  • World
  • Forget
  • Boxing

• There are lots of things I am not good at. I'm not that good a singer. And I'm a good dad but a lousy husband because I work far too much and am not at home as much as I would like.

  

  Magnus Scheving
  • Good
  • Work
  • Home

• My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely.

  

  Malcolm Bradbury
  • World
  • Experience
  • Interesting

• The truth is I love musical theater and always have.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Truth
  • Always
  • Theater

• What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.

  

  Dan Farmer
  • Say
  • Wrong
  • View

• Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Up
  • Business
  • Changes

• I'm really an outdoorsy girl. People think I can't go anywhere without getting all primped up, but I love to go camping, and I'm totally fine with not doing my hair or makeup, not taking a shower and just hiking.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • People
  • Up
  • Girl

• Stuart Murdoch is a really special human being - really creative, but also really kind and gentle.

  

  Hannah Murray
  • Kind
  • Creative
  • Special

• I always thought it was sad that you couldn't get anything really good to eat at concerts, so we sit down with our fans before every show and eat a gourmet meal that we made for them.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Good
  • Thought
  • Sad

• I usually get home from dance at 10 every night, and I'll watch TV for about 30 minutes, and then I'll go to bed.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Home
  • Night
  • Dance

• I know there will be X amount of women being diagnosed. I love to say, You can get through it. You can.

  

  Kylie Minogue
  • Women
  • Health
  • Woman

• At last she shut the book sharply, lay back, and drew a deep breath, expressive of the wonder which always marks the transition from the imaginary world to the real world.

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • World
  • Real
  • Book

• In my opinion, if you buy a ticket to see me you're buying experience. People don't want to see me stand there and play guitar, they want to party with us.

  

  Cody Johnson
  • Party
  • Play
  • Opinion

• The nere to the churche, the ferther from God.

  

  John Heywood
  • God

• 'Maternity,' it has been said, 'is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.'

  

  Walter Bagehot
  • Opinion