James Joyce Quotes

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

James Joyce

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• I've known Bezos for decades, since the very early days of Amazon, so it's no surprise to me that he's smart or willing to make big bets.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Smart
  • Surprise
  • Known

• In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • Different
  • American
  • Lost

• The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Up
  • Home
  • Step

• Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.

  

  Saint Ambrose
  • Nature
  • Soul
  • Earth

• I'm super lucky because I come home and I don't have to run errands and clean the house and do all that.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Home
  • House
  • Lucky

• We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.

  

  Tamzin Merchant
  • Show
  • Demand
  • Human Rights

• We have, essentially, a worthless democracy.

  

  Aaron McGruder
  • Democracy
  • Worthless

• I don't want to set the world up for surprises.

  

  Barry Diller
  • Up
  • World
  • Want

• The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.

  

  Beau Bridges
  • Thinking
  • Movie
  • Enjoy

• But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

  

  Oscar Robertson
  • Think
  • Like
  • Athlete

• I'm really scared of flying. Like, really, really, really scared.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Like
  • Flying
  • Scared

• I try to be - well, not holy - but my whole family is very religious, and I want to be like that, too. So I try my hardest to be more in touch with the Lord.

  

  Nathan Gamble
  • Family
  • Want
  • Religious

• Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
  • Why
  • Want
  • Powerful

• I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that with the right leadership in government, where you start has nothing to do with how far you go.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • Hope
  • Running
  • Single

• Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.

  

  Natalia Vodianova
  • Pretty
  • Nice
  • Finding

• Sex is not sinful, but sin has perverted it.

  

  Walter Lang
  • Sex
  • Sin
  • Sinful

• On Friday, June 12, 1992, 110 heads of state gathered at Riocentro. They were indistinguishable in dress and deportment. Where was biodiversity when we needed it?

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Friday
  • June

• When we hear men are the greater victims of crime, we tend to say, ‘Well, it’s men hurting other men.’ When we hear that blacks are the greater victims, we consider it racist to say, ‘Well, it’s blacks hurting blacks.’ The victim is a victim no matter who the perpetrator was.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men

• Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure' - grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.

  

  Aung San Suu Kyi
  • May
  • Fear
  • Courage

• The power of network television is amazing. I've been performing for years but have been seen on only a few episodes of this show, and people spot me in public now all the time. They say, 'Hey, aren't you on 'Nashville'?' Most locals seem to really appreciate how authentic the show is.

  

  J. D. Souther
  • People
  • Time
  • Power

• I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn't enjoy it and thought about leavin', and thought, hell, it's an easy job and pays wonderful. I kinda just prostituted myself for their money.

  

  Buck Owens
  • People
  • Money
  • Job

• My main base is Monaco, and that's where I live most of the time.

  

  Caroline Wozniacki
  • Time
  • Live

• I thought we did a nice job on him. I felt we had to make Werner make tough shots, he's such a great inside-outside threat.

  

  Bob Farrell
  • Threat
  • Shots
  • Nice Job

• Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

  

  James Joyce