Edmund Burke Quotes
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument, 'What end or object could the party have had in the act with which he is accused.'
Quotes to Explore
-
When you're bullied in high school, even if it's the smallest amount, or you're actually tortured, I feel like everybody carries that with them. They always think of that one person who treated them badly in high school.
-
If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
-
A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
-
What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.
-
I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
-
I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
-
Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
-
I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
-
Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism.
-
Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
-
Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
-
I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
-
Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
-
I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik Bruhn, that I first noticed how significant a part the ever-present threat of violence played. This juxtaposition of great beauty and grace with a backdrop of pure evil stayed with me for years.
-
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
-
If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
-
I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them.
-
In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
-
It's funny, because in 1970 I met the Beatles quite by a chance at a party. It was the Beethoven bicentenary, and I was then also playing the Beethoven Sonatas. And that's all they wanted to hear about - I wanted to talk about them, and all they wanted to talk about was Beethoven.
-
I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music.
-
I want our party to step up its efforts to reflect and champion the concerns of everybody who has reached the second half of their lives.
-
I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.
-
Lyndon Johnson is still the most formidable, fascinating, frustrating, irritating individual I think I've ever known in my entire life. He was huge, a huge character, not only standing six feet four, but when you talked to him, he violated the normal human space between people. He was a great storyteller. The problem was that half his stories, I discovered, weren't true.
-
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument, 'What end or object could the party have had in the act with which he is accused.'
