George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Quotes

Anger is never without an Argument, but seldom with a good one.

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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• Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.

  

  Ralph G. Neas
  • Past
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  • Civil Rights

• I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.

  

  Walter Dean Myers
  • Enjoy
  • Would
  • Dinner

• I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.

  

  Walter Jon Williams
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• With Facebook, you're not really allowed to be unhappy. Think about it: There's only a like button. Yes, you can be angry, but it's only lighthearted rage. On Reddit, perhaps because you can be anonymous, people are willing to be openly sad or angry. They are more honest.

  

  Yishan Wong
  • People
  • Think
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• I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • Up
  • Environment
  • Mostly

• I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Giving
  • Nice
  • Present

• I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Mind
  • Interesting
  • Open Mind

• When I was on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show' I thought, 'Well, this is going well now, but then when it's over I'll just be a barista.'

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Thought
  • Gay
  • Now

• Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.

  

  Ferdinand Porsche
  • Design
  • Without
  • Visual

• None of the longest-lived people ran marathons or pumped iron. They live exactly as their grandparents before them - surrounded by family and friends.

  

  Dan Buettner
  • People
  • Live
  • Family

• After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the instruments in the orchestra. Trumpet was my instrument.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Learn
  • Piano
  • Orchestra

• Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Good
  • Important
  • Kids

• This modern mania for interfering in other's lives, usually under the guise of health and safety concerns, is highly irritating and counterproductive. Down with the nanny state.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Health
  • Safety
  • Down

• When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play. You're all in funny costumes; you've had your coffee, and you say, 'Good morning'. Then you go on set and, if you've got good actors and directors, it takes on a life of its own.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Life
  • Good
  • School

• Men are socialized to trust women until evidence to the contrary surfaces; women are socialized to be suspicious of men until an individual man earns trust.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Trust

• The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.

  

  Aga Khan IV
  • Hope
  • Powerful
  • motivation

• I'm a human being. I'm not dumping on what I've done. I mean I know we were doing social (stuff), all right? I just don't like boastin' about it, OK? I know what we were doin'. I know damn well what we did. But I ain't gonna start crying about it now, all right?

  

  Joe Strummer The Clash
  • Done
  • Crying

• Ah, ah, thy beauty! like a beast it bites,Stings like an adder, like an arrow smites.

  

  Algernon Charles Swinburne

• You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open.

  

  Jam Master Jay
  • Eyes

• There are no guarantees. Not with love or with life. But we can't go through life never taking a risk... Put our hearts out there. Take a chance with a boy. We might end up hurt, we might not.

  

  Christie Craig
  • Life
  • Up
  • Risk

• It actually is as fun to make men's costumes, especially if they are as good-looking as Chris Hemsworth.

  

  Colleen Atwood
  • Good
  • Men
  • Fun

• I always like to serve the people some good soul music, and Christmas was just the cherry on top.

  

  V. Bozeman
  • People
  • Good
  • Music

• Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Pretty
  • Never
  • Anyway

• Anger is never without an Argument, but seldom with a good one.

  

  George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
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