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

• 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

• 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

• A man really writes for an audience of about ten persons. Of course if others like it, that is clear gain. But if those ten are satisfied, he is content.

  

  Alfred North Whitehead

• The stories about the life and teachings of Jesus were mainly told in Greek, the original language of the gospels.

  

  Jay Parini
  • Life
  • Jesus
  • Greek

• I'm lucky to have a fast metabolism, so I haven't had to exercise much.

  

  Poppy Delevingne
  • Exercise

• I don't close the door to anything.

  

  Dimitri Payet
  • Door

• I didn't go to the cinema a lot when I was young.

  

  Dagmara Dominczyk
  • Young
  • Go
  • Cinema

• I support mosques, obviously. We need churches, temples, mosques. Whatever people use to speak with their god or to receive spiritual inspiration is good for the country. But the symbolism of it at ground zero, within two blocks or three blocks, I believe is wrong.

  

  Peter T. King
  • God
  • Spiritual
  • Inspiration

• Do you tell me that the Bible is against our rights? Then I say that our claims do not rest upon a book written no one knows when, or by whom. Do you tell me what Paul or Peter says on the subject? Then again I reply that our claims do not rest on the opinions of any one, not even on those of Paul and Peter, . . . Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.

  

  Ernestine Rose
  • Bible
  • Written
  • Opinions

• If a few companies were less greedy, the people at the bottom woud have a lot more.

  

  Chris Martin Coldplay
  • People
  • Companies
  • Less

• Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

  

  James Joyce