Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.Oliver Goldsmith
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
E. L. Doctorow -
I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'
Laura Mvula -
I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
Sam Brownback -
I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
Oleg Deripaska -
Working with Mario Testino was a joy. He's very young spirited, and it's always lovely and a pleasure to spend time talking to him about all different things.
Cara Delevingne -
I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
A. S. Byatt
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I have the strange ability to shut things out.
Mads Mikkelsen -
The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
Salman Khan -
I live for the text. It's my job.
Ian Mckellen -
Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
Randy Forbes -
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
Orison Swett Marden
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It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
Carlos Slim -
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison -
You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van, breaking down on the side of the road, you know, having a laugh with the guys in the band, making mistakes with nobody watching.
Imelda May -
Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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You can ask the people around me. I don't give up. I don't give up... and it's not out of frustration and desperation that I say I don't give up. I don't give up because I don't give up. I don't believe in it.
Johnny Cash -
All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
P. Chidambaram -
The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.
Lactantius -
We have Divine Wisdom in the mortal body.Whatever does harm to the body, ruins the House of the Eternal.
Paracelsus -
Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.
Oliver Goldsmith