H. L. Mencken Quotes

Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so on. .... It is almost impossible to imagine a talker who sticks to the facts. Carried away by the sound of his own voice and the applause from the groundlings, he makes inevitably the jump from logic to mere rhetoric.

H. L. Mencken

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• I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'

  

  Owain Yeoman
  • Guy
  • Cold
  • Battle

• As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Important
  • History
  • Think

• The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.

  

  Jackie Robinson
  • People
  • Men
  • Done

• One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • More
  • Far
  • Rare

• I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Mom
  • Cool
  • Thought

• I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • Me
  • Doors
  • Open

• I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the Christian religion.

  

  Jack Bowman
  • Kids
  • Education
  • Christian

• Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Music
  • American
  • Name

• If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes and basil and celery and carrots, and everybody is still connected to the land.

  

  Frances Mayes
  • Growing
  • Car
  • Size

• I never sing in the shower either.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Never
  • Sing
  • Shower

• Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.

  

  Pamela Meyer
  • Time
  • Science
  • Attention

• This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.

  

  Gary North
  • World
  • God
  • Religion

• Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Book
  • House
  • Man

• New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • People
  • Up
  • Today

• Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.

  

  Hari Kunzru
  • People
  • Waiting
  • Pizza

• When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Done
  • Character
  • Said

• I do know some missed tackles usually that comes down to leverage, and I know those are correctable and fixable.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Know
  • Down
  • Leverage

• I think that what made people accept Starbuck as a woman was that she was just such an interesting character. I think that once people put their guard down and their preconceived notions of what the show is supposed to be and just allowed it to really be good science fiction.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • People
  • Good
  • She

• [M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion.

  

  Plato
  • Art
  • Truth
  • Knowledge

• Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

  

  Confucius
  • People
  • Think
  • Prisoner

• Why is it”—she shivered as he kissed the top of her spine, went lower—“that I always end up naked while you remain dressed?” A husky masculine chuckle, his lips moving over her shoulder, his hands on her hips. “Because I'm a smart man.

  

  Nalini Singh
  • Up
  • Men
  • Why

• Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.

  

  Dan Lipinski
  • Energy
  • Change
  • Environment

• The screech and mechanical uproar of the big city turns the citified head, fills citified ears - as the song of birds, wind in the trees, animal cries, or as the voices and songs of his loved ones once filled his heart. He is sidewalk-happy.

  

  Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Heart
  • Happy
  • Song

• Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so on. .... It is almost impossible to imagine a talker who sticks to the facts. Carried away by the sound of his own voice and the applause from the groundlings, he makes inevitably the jump from logic to mere rhetoric.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Men
  • Jump
  • Talking