Frances Wright Quotes

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

Frances Wright

• Good
• Truth
• Courage
• Ignorance
• Disappointment

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• It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Always
  • Dreams
  • Insecurity

• I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Hurt
  • Operation
  • Judaism

• The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Women
  • Economy
  • Cards

• I think it's fun to look at people with big diamonds. I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don't have anything against that.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • People
  • Time
  • Fun

• I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.

  

  Laura Leighton
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Media

• I've lived in New York for a really long time.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Time
  • Long
  • New York

• A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.

  

  Sam Rayburn
  • Boy
  • Independent
  • Ice

• Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Time
  • You
  • Tough

• It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.

  

  Laura Linney
  • People
  • Love
  • Joy

• I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me.

  

  Victoria de los Angeles
  • Music
  • Career
  • Interested

• Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Cool
  • Hands
  • Speech

• I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.

  

  Randy Schekman
  • Life
  • Work
  • Science

• I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Believe
  • Success
  • Failure

• As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.

  

  Sam Riley
  • Time
  • Actor

• Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Truth
  • Light
  • Sought

• I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Work
  • Music
  • Genius

• In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.

  

  Laura Carmichael
  • Good
  • Way
  • Screen

• I get really tired of hearing of all these old rockers whine and complain about how hard life on the road can be. Just stop if you don't like it. I don't think of it as work. I love it all.

  

  Edgar Winter
  • Life
  • Work
  • Love

• The kids you turn your backs on when you take away their stories are the ones who lose, as well as you as a community of adults who may appear to fear their truths.

  

  Chris Crutcher
  • May
  • Kids
  • Fear

• I have a long-standing interest in what I like to think of as 'forbidden knowledge:' methods of unarmed killing, lock picking, breaking and entry, spy stuff, and other things that the government wants only a few select individuals to know.

  

  Barry Eisler
  • Long
  • Knowledge
  • Know

• How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquility.

  

  Marcus Aurelius

• It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Reality
  • Do It
  • No-Fail

• I love a good, poppy chorus.

  

  Adam Scott
  • Good

• If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

  

  Frances Wright
  • Good
  • Truth
  • Courage