Douglas Jerrold Quotes
Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.Douglas Jerrold
Quotes to Explore
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
Otto von Bismarck -
I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
Gale Sayers -
Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
Tavi Gevinson -
My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
Zadie Smith -
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
Quincy Jones -
Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
Abraham Verghese
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
Aasif Mandvi -
I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
Camille Claudel -
'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
Caitriona Balfe -
I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
Jack Nicklaus -
Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
Naeem Khan -
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
Questlove -
There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Samuel Johnson -
Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.
Ignatius of Antioch -
Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.
Carles Puigdemont -
For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.
Gail Collins -
Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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You're not from Puerto Rico, so you should say Puerto Rico like all the other people from the place that you come from.
Deborah Tannen -
I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything.
Jerry Rice -
Man must be in space - that is what we are destined for. There is nothing else that we can do.
Majel Barrett -
There are no standards for computer programmers and no group to certify them.
Dave Parnas -
I'm a huge Rugby Union fan, which is a bit like American football - but tougher.
Alexander Hanson -
Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
Douglas Jerrold