Jonathan Swift Quotes

It is pleasant to observe how free the present age is in laying taxes on the next. "Future ages shall talk of this; they shall be famous to all posterity;" whereas their time and thoughts will be taken up about present things, as ours are now.

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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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To me, the funnest part of wrestling is evolving. If you stay the same all the time, you're eventually going to be left behind.
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We're a very iterative company, so we jump on basically all new technology.
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Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That's why we live in America.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
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I used to be fast and loose with the term 'country' because I didn't know what else to call my music. I still don't.
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I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.
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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
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It's dangerous to be anybody popular.
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Sharing the stage while singing my songs was a bit of a daunting prospect.
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Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
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If I was very high-strung, I probably would've knocked a few people out by now, and, you know, you would have seen a bad side of me that probably, hopefully, I'll never show.
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I really love going back home. I think going back to a nice, relaxed little town is the best way to do it.
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It is true: Man is the microcosm: I am my world.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together.
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It is pleasant to observe how free the present age is in laying taxes on the next. "Future ages shall talk of this; they shall be famous to all posterity;" whereas their time and thoughts will be taken up about present things, as ours are now.