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
Throughout the world, terrorists are actively seeking their next recruit. Alarmingly, terrorist organizations are increasingly targeting school-age children as the next generation of terrorists.
Pat Roberts
There are no 'come shoot me' clothes.
Charles M. Blow
Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older - the Social Security system for those folks 55 and over will not change in any way shape of form - no ifs, ands, or buts.
Norm Coleman
Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.
Bobby Sands
And I, whose childhoodIs a forgotten boredom,Feel like a childWho comes on a sceneOf adult reconciling,And can understand nothingBut the unusual laughter,And starts to be happy.
Philip Larkin
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
