James Otis Quotes

I have accordingly considered it, and now appear not only in obedience to your order, but likewise in behalf of the inhabitants of this town, who have presented another petition, and out of regard to the liberties of the subject.

James Otis

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• By 9:30 at night, I go to bed.

  

  Natalie du Toit
  • Night
  • Go
  • Bed

• A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.

  

  Oliver Ellsworth
  • Home
  • Society
  • Government

• I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • People
  • Work
  • Culture

• I've been fortunate to work with partners like Weinstein and John and Art Linson in developing 'Yellowstone' and am grateful that it has found a home in the Paramount Network. The show is both timely and timeless.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Work
  • Art
  • Home

• I would love to coach. I'm not saying I'm qualified to do it in the N.B.A., but I would love to try.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Try
  • Saying
  • Coach

• For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.

  

  Floyd Patterson
  • You
  • Confidence
  • Train

• Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.

  

  Karen Bender
  • Writing
  • Wish
  • Struggle

• Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick.

  

  Wally Schirra
  • Dad
  • Hand
  • Air

• We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.

  

  Wayne Coyne
  • Done
  • Hear
  • Drummer

• I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • People
  • Straightforward

• I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • World
  • Children
  • Home

• Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Feeling
  • Respect
  • Self-respect

• When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Life
  • School
  • May

• I love that I love my job, and from what I'm told, that others who I work with do, too.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Work
  • Job
  • Others

• Our pain hides beneath these fluttering, random thoughts that run through our heads in an endless loop. But there's so much freedom in getting to know what's under there, the bedrock.

  

  Dani Shapiro
  • Freedom
  • Pain
  • Thoughts

• Throughout my work with family and child support organizations, one thing that has stood out to me time and again is that getting early support for a child who is struggling to cope is the best possible thing we can do to help our children as they grow up.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Up
  • Time
  • Work

• I love the scents of winter! For me, it's all about the feeling you get when you smell pumpkin spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, gingerbread and spruce.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Feeling
  • Winter
  • Spice

• Quite simply, if you're feeling anxious, angry, a sense of shame, whatever it is, breathe in and agree to touch or feel it. Breathing out, offer space and care to whatever's there. If there's blocking to touching it, emphasize the in-breath and stay embodied.

  

  Tara Brach
  • Feeling
  • Space
  • Care

• There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Men
  • Change
  • Fashion

• When 'Ghost in the Shell' was first made, it was so prescient. It was sci-fi.

  

  Chin Han

• When I realized that people actually wrote comics, that it was a job people could do, I thought, 'Gee, these things are only 17 pages long! I could probably finish one of those and find out whether I suck before I've spent five years of my life on it.' In stumbling into comics that way, I discovered that I loved the form.

  

  Kurt Busiek
  • People
  • Life
  • Long

• I'm not a spiritual person at all, but I do think that the world doesn't have to be as lonely as it is.

  

  Adam Duritz Matt Malley
  • Spiritual
  • Lonely

• One of the difficult things in a high-growth company is that, even with the best intentions, the company moves so fast, and growth happens so regularly. When you move at that rate, you have to be willing to change, and you have to be willing to take advice.

  

  Adam Neumann
  • High
  • Growth
  • Advice

• I have accordingly considered it, and now appear not only in obedience to your order, but likewise in behalf of the inhabitants of this town, who have presented another petition, and out of regard to the liberties of the subject.

  

  James Otis