Thomas Hobbes Quotes
Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
Thomas Hobbes
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
Eavan Boland
It's true that youth is wasted on the young and, if I had my life to live over again, I suppose I would pay more attention to my career. I would make better choices. But, in my defence, I would say that I have three wonderful children, and that's something I am very proud of.
Olivia Hussey
The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.
Larry David
It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
Carine Roitfeld
Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
Kate Atkinson
Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
Camilla Lackberg
Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
Walt Handelsman
Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
Gary Numan
When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family.
Lance Loud
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
Jack Nicklaus
The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
Carl Sandburg
I go out, but not too much. When I'm on tour, I just write a lot of music and sleep.
Wale
Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.
Vikas Swarup
We have sectors of the economy, aerospace is a good example, where Britain's probably the second country in the world, the automobile sector, where we've done extraordinarily well, an enormous amount of investment over the last couple of years, life sciences is another.
Vince Cable
I was on paper earning more money and having more success than I'd ever had. And it was also the most miserable I've ever been. When those things collided, I realised something was off. That's when I started poking around to figure out what was wrong.
Damien Rice
I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.
Indra Nooyi
All national histories are partisan and designed to give us a good conceit of ourselves.
T. E. Hulme
By the mid-1990s, nearly everything in North Korea was worn out, broken, malfunctioning. The country had seen better days.
Barbara Demick
If you eat a lot of starchy foods, introduce a vegetable once a week, then twice a week, and then three times a week. Slowly fill your diet with new flavors. By the time you're ready to let go of whatever it is you want to let go of, you've got a full menu.
Lisa Edelstein
When in doubt, I read Oscar Wilde.
Camille Paglia
I never felt I would be part of the international scene for 50 caps in my wildest dreams.
Kenny Cunningham
The biggest challenge (for movie Agnus dei) - working in a foreign country with a predominantly Polish cast and crew - also proved to be the biggest blessing. Being surrounded by all this change, both culturally and linguistically, was a new and refreshing inspiration.
Anne Fontaine
Oh, was that liquor of yours a stimulant?" asked Elena. "I wondered why he didn't fall asleep." "Couldn't you tell?" chuckled Mayhew. "Not really." Miles twisted his head to take in Elena's upside-down worried face, and smile in weak reassurance. Sparkly black and purple whirlpools clouded his vision. Mayhew's laughter faded. "My God," he said hollowly, "you mean he's like that all the time?
Lois McMaster
Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
Thomas Hobbes
