Tobias Smollett (Tobias George Smollett) Quotes

A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge merely by consulting indexes. The '[holding] the eel of science by the tail' allusion was used in 1728 by Alexander Pope (q.v.).

Tobias Smollett

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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

Venus Williams
- Important
- Happy
- Healthy
Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.

Ed Royce
- Up
- Suffering
- End
When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.

Quincy Jones
- World
- School
- Greatest
It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- Project
- Budget
- Box
People don't care about questionnaires.

Larry Hogan
- People
- Care
- About
I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.

Tammy Duckworth
- Believe
- War
- Doing