Jonathan Swift Quotes
It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.Jonathan Swift
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It wasn't easy to get here, and it will not be easy to take my title away from me.
Rafael dos Anjos -
To set one's name to a work gives no one a title to be remembered, for who knows how many of the best of men have gone without a trace? The iniquity of oblivion blindly scatters her poppyseed and when wretchedness falls upon us one summer's day like snow, all we wish for is to be forgotten.
W. G. Sebald -
When my title was taken away boxing died.
Muhammad Ali -
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
Confucius -
Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.
Confucius -
Sometimes something intrigues me about particular sounds, how they work together, and I think "Okay, I've found something here; I'm going to take it somewhere." And sometimes just to find a name for that sound, whatever it is, ends up becoming a title of the piece or becoming part of the title.
Brian Eno Roxy Music
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Maxim is chilling out with age, like a good wine. He's a cross between me and Keith - when he's on stage he's got that theatrical edge, his commanding stature, people know he's in control of the mike.
Leeroy Thornhill The Prodigy -
I will never be below the title.
Bette Davis -
My favorite thing is coming up with titles. The majority of the songs I've every written I've always thought of the title before I've written the song.
Bernie Taupin -
"I, Kim Taehyung the sin of Greed earnestly accept the title King Lucifer of the underworld. I pledge to be a great ruler of hell and a loving husband to my Queen" He announced as he looked at me smiling.
Kim Tae-hyung BTS -
I maintain that the maxim is still to be faster than the others.
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda -
I see a lot of true artists... then you see them on the cover of Maxim. That's the lowest of low to me. I would never do anything like that.
Cheyenne Kimball
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I want people talking about me as a great fighter - from being a prospect with the big pressure as soon as I turned professional, then going on to win the world title.
Amir Khan -
My process with starting a new project and whatnot is I begin around a title. Usually, based off of just a title, I'm able to put together themes and concepts from there. I've always admired Hunter S. Thompson's titles for his books. They're always wordy and pretty elaborate.
Alexander Spit -
My faith is not identified by my title. My faith is identified by how I live. Wearing the uniform is not the same as playing the game.
Lecrae -
I'm so proud to bring the title of Miss USA back to Nevada.
Nia Sanchez -
Nothing lasts in New York. The life that is lived there, however, is as intense as it gets.
Edmund White -
We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.
Mark Twain
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I called my training camp Fighter's Heaven.
Muhammad Ali -
My lyrics are a big pile of contradictions.
Kurt Cobain Nirvana -
I look at everything I’ve done critically - but I think that’s the job of an actor. If you ever sit on your laurels or think that you’re good - in a way, I don’t then think you’re pushing yourself.
Nicole Kidman -
It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.
Jonathan Swift