Jonathan Swift Quotes
Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.Jonathan Swift
Quotes to Explore
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
Baltasar Gracian -
My father opened a restaurant. It's so amazing... it's so freaking delicious, but I'm telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there.
Lady Gaga -
Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
Natasha Trethewey -
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
Og Mandino -
You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.
Maj Sjowall -
Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
Hale Irwin
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I find it really hard to relate to the Bond women or Angelina Jolie in 'Salt.' And of course it's informed by my experiences and the people I've met along the way and the places I've been.
Valerie Plame -
In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
Oleg Cassini -
I'm a lover of all sorts of music, which makes me a chameleon when it comes to performing anything, whether it's opera or whatever. As long as it's good and it feels good, I'm going to cling to it.
R. Kelly -
Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
M.I.A. -
Over the years, I have worked very hard to achieve what I have so far. But I've not been alone in this journey. A lot of the credit for this goes to my fans - it's because of them that I'm here today.
Mahesh Babu -
If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes and basil and celery and carrots, and everybody is still connected to the land.
Frances Mayes
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I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know.
Quincy Jones -
For me, it's important that I can talk to my customers all over the world. They can comment on what they like, tell me what fits - we have a daily dialogue. I can also see what she looks like and how she wears my shoes, which is a huge advantage. Thank God for Instagram; it helps me keep connected.
Edgardo Osorio -
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
Saint Augustine -
Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.
Dana Spiotta -
Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
I can be very self-destructive, but quietly.
Sam Taylor-Wood
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Oh, Lord, forgive three sins that are due to my human limitations. Thou art Everywhere, but I worship thee here: Thou art without form, but I worship thee in these forms; Thou needest no praise, yet I offer thee these prayers and salutations. Lord, forgive three sins that are due to my human limitations." - Ash
Mary Margaret ('Mollie') Kaye -
At the end, one didn't remember life as a whole but as just a string of moments.
David Levien -
Then I heard someone laugh. I wished I didn't know whose laugh it was, but I knew Will's laugh just like I knew he had a small scar right above his left elbow. You couldn't be reluctantly lust-ridden for someone without noticing stuff about them.
Elizabeth Scott -
I am my mother's daughter.
Emma Walton Hamilton -
I decided to write the book to open the eyes of the people of how corrupt John D. Rockefeller company was and the unfair ways he used to be successful. I wanted the people to know the truth about the Standard Oil Company.
Ida Tarbell -
Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.
Jonathan Swift