George Eliot Quotes
We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves.
Quotes to Explore
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There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in from their childhood, so they think that if you don't toe the line on abstract doctrine you can't be part of the Church.
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There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.
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Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
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Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
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The first album I ever owned was 'A Star is Born.'
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When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!'
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Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.
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Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.
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We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.
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I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.
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No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
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It's been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American born abroad is a citizen - a natural born citizen.
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A person is born with a liking for profit.
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I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services.
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No one is born hating others.
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I was born an auntie. I have an older niece and nephew and many younger nieces and nephews.
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I was born in West Baltimore, lived in a situation in which violence was everywhere.
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I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.
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There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and controllability being perhaps the most important.
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In order to continuously strengthen the defence of our country, it is necessary that we keep the military preparedness of all structures at a high level and perfect it day by day.
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Things have to be believable, not in a literal, photographic sense, but in an emotional sense - capturing the essence of the situation.
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When you work at 'The Daily Show,' you have to give 100 percent, or you're gone. The competitiveness and the minds that work in those offices are incredible.
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We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves.
