Jonathan Swift Quotes

Hobbes clearly proves, that every creature Lives in a state of war by nature.

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• I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

  

  Tea Obreht
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Places

• It gets very tiring when you are filming and then taken to a room to do school work. I never get any rest time. It is either work or school. Once you are an adult, you get to take a nap in between shots.

  

  Cameron Bright
  • Time
  • Work
  • School

• Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.

  

  Sally Kellerman
  • Career
  • You
  • Know

• You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • People
  • Comedy
  • Dark

• 'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.

  

  Yehuda Berg
  • God
  • Power
  • Words

• I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

  

  Abba Eban
  • War
  • History
  • Peace

• Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.

  

  Larry Merchant
  • Great
  • Truth
  • Guy

• My life is my message.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Message

• I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Always
  • Childhood
  • Normal

• I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.

  

  Laura Bell Bundy
  • Lost
  • Myself
  • Like

• The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.

  

  Vince Gill
  • People
  • Time
  • Song

• I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • Know
  • Memory
  • Survival

• TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.

  

  Aaron Brown
  • Different
  • Want
  • Look

• I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Think
  • Best
  • Depression

• I write about true-life type things.

  

  Karen Kingsbury
  • Life
  • True
  • Things

• I first learned how to do hair from drag queens. I learned eyelashes are the key to life, because they make everyone look fabulous.

  

  Tabatha Coffey
  • Life
  • Hair
  • First

• I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'

  

  Fantasia Barrino
  • Life
  • Time
  • Different

• We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Love
  • Hope
  • Interest

• An oft-repeated anecdote is that which relates of an army officer, somewhat of a hero-worshiper, who, upon meeting Carson, exclaimed, effusively: 'So this is the great Kit Carson, who has made so many Indians run!' 'Yes,' drawled Carson, 'sometimes I run after them but most times they war runnin' after me.'

  

  Kit Carson
  • Great
  • War
  • Hero

• The exception is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing; the exception proves everything. In the exception the power of real life breaks through the crust of a mechanism that has become torpid by repetition.

  

  Carl Schmitt
  • Interesting
  • Rule
  • Exception

• The law, that is what makes men stay honest.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Men
  • Law
  • Honest

• Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.

  

  B. B. King
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Pretty

• Hobbes clearly proves, that every creature Lives in a state of war by nature.

  

  Jonathan Swift
  • War
  • Creature
  • Proves