John Lancaster Spalding Quotes

As we can not love what is hateful, let us accustom ourselves neither to think nor to speak of disagreeable things and persons.

John Lancaster Spalding

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• It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Way
  • Play
  • Dreams

• If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Why
  • Boss
  • Late

• There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.

  

  Ed Rollins
  • Politician
  • Out
  • Smarter

• I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Up
  • Giving
  • Small

• None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Live
  • Remember
  • Fear

• I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.

  

  Ed Helms
  • Kind
  • Pleasant
  • Embarrassed

• I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • Important
  • Failure
  • New

• As an actor, you're naked emotionally; you're revealing yourself emotionally.

  

  Carla Gugino
  • You
  • Yourself
  • Actor

• I don't watch it, but I know enough to comment on it.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Know
  • Enough
  • Watch

• I want to move people the way Edith Piaf did.

  

  Laura Branigan
  • People
  • Want
  • Way

• I love Jo Malone. I got the Orange Blossom scent as a gift many years ago, and I fell in love with it. It's very light, natural, sweet. It's there but not that obvious.

  

  Zhu Zhu
  • Love
  • Light
  • Sweet

• Whether running, biking, swimming, or dancing, I just like to always be on the move.

  

  Karlie Kloss
  • Running
  • Like
  • Always

• Divorce laws have given women economic support after divorce; no laws have given men emotional support after divorce. Men are required to continue their obligations to their exes in the form of alimony or child support; women are not required to continue their obligation to their exes in the form of homemaking or nurturing.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Support

• The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.

  

  Edward R. Murrow
  • True

• I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living his life, and who had good friends, a fine family. I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.

  

  Frank Sinatra
  • Life
  • Time
  • Good

• And to me it seems that you have fallen asleep upon a white rock, and in a parish of dreams, and have dreamt all this in a moment while it was night.

  

  Anatole France
  • Night
  • Rock

• I got a part-time job as a cashier at Home Depot in North Miami Beach on April 1, 1985. I didn't expect to be in retail all my life, but retail was ingrained in me from my grandmother. I enjoyed interacting with people, and I got opportunities.

  

  Ann-Marie Campbell
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• I think that's what distinguishes YA from adult fiction - it's not just the age of the characters, but it's the sense of hope. Because I don't think I've ever read a YA book that feels completely hopeless at the end.

  

  Jenny Han
  • Book
  • Hope
  • Age

• I have moles and freckles, and they irritate me. They are an insecurity of mine, and I wish I could have clear, beautiful skin.

  

  Khloe Kardashian
  • Beautiful
  • Wish
  • Insecurity

• You know, eternal life does not start when we go to heaven. It starts the moment you reach out to Jesus. He never turns His back on anyone. And He is waiting for you.

  

  Corrie Ten Boom
  • Life
  • Jesus
  • Heaven

• It is a bitter thought, how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had been adopted as the religion of the empire under the auspices of Marcus Aurelius instead of those of Constantine.

  

  John Stuart Mill
  • Faith
  • Christianity
  • Constantine

• I wasn't a businesswoman, so I didn't know how to build a career.

  

  Sally Kellerman
  • Career
  • Know
  • Build

• Ylli, Agron and Mehmet were never given a fair and public trial, an opportunity to defend themselves, or any semblance of due process. Their post-conflict, extrajudicial killing was cold-blooded murder.

  

  Avis Bohlen
  • Opportunity
  • Cold
  • Process

• As we can not love what is hateful, let us accustom ourselves neither to think nor to speak of disagreeable things and persons.

  

  John Lancaster Spalding