John Dryden Quotes

For present joys are more to flesh and bloodThan a dull prospect of a distant good.

John Dryden

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• When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • People
  • World
  • Words

• My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'

  

  Patrice Motsepe
  • Black
  • Me
  • Capitalist

• It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Time
  • Clinton
  • Retire

• When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.

  

  Aaron Staton
  • Career
  • College
  • Class

• I think at first the Flume project really started out as an online thing. I used Facebook and SoundCloud, and I think we got lucky because it felt like a bit of a golden age of those social media platforms. So I managed to create quite a solid fan base online.

  

  Flume
  • Age
  • Media
  • Social Media

• Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.

  

  Kate Fleetwood
  • Humble
  • Ride
  • Beginnings

• It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Done
  • Journey
  • Stupid

• I think I'm as good if not better than everyone else.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Good
  • Think
  • Better

• Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Down
  • Calm
  • Storm

• I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.

  

  Natalie Coughlin
  • Up
  • Breakfast
  • Pool

• By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.

  

  Barbara Amiel
  • Control
  • Now
  • Soviet

• When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Up
  • Change
  • Day

• At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.

  

  Felix Rohatyn
  • Relationships
  • Personal

• It's better to be skinny than to be fat.

  

  Natalia Vodianova
  • Better
  • Fat
  • Skinny

• I know basic things about belly dancing, but not the technicalities; I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing.

  

  Malaika Arora Khan
  • Want
  • Know
  • Learn

• Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Reading
  • Waves
  • Skin

• You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • God
  • Perfect
  • Person

• Yes, I help my kids with their homework. But I also get bored doing it. I will sit and listen to my children pontificate and discuss their ideas till the day is long because it warms my heart, but I really don't want to do math!

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Long
  • Children
  • Heart

• I grew up in one of the most socially conservative neighborhoods in Ohio, and my parents were traditional Catholics. But in her old age, my mother got her home health care from a guy who was gay, who was wonderful to her. Before she died, she rode a float in the Cincinnati Gay Pride Parade.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Up
  • Home
  • She

• But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out!

  

  Anna Neagle
  • Life
  • Time
  • Opportunity

• I've succeeded beyond my wildest dreams - financially and the amount of fun I have in my life.

  

  Phil Hartman
  • Life
  • Fun

• You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.

  

  Mark Hyman
  • Bad
  • Exercise

• As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis. If the disease is precisely identified, a good resolution is far more likely. Conversely, a bad diagnosis usually means a bad outcome, no matter how skilled the physician.

  

  Andrew Weil
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Healing

• For present joys are more to flesh and bloodThan a dull prospect of a distant good.

  

  John Dryden
  • Good
  • Present