Charles Dickens Quotes

"Ecod, you may say what you like of my father, then, and so I give you leave," said Jonas. "I think it's liquid aggravation that circulates through his veins, and not regular blood..."

Charles Dickens

• My Father
• Aggravation
• Circulates

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• The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable.

  

  Manmohan Singh
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Law

• New Yorkers - the people are so honest. If you're sucking on stage, they'll let you know.

  

  Zach Anner
  • People
  • Know
  • New

• Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Long
  • Type
  • Amount

• 'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • Real
  • Job
  • Month

• In the absence of sound oversight, responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Environment
  • Financial
  • Down

• Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Kids
  • Talent
  • Focused

• Every parent craves for a child, and once their wishes come true, they feel that it's not possible for them to love anyone more that the first born. But the fact is, after you have the second issue, the feeling is, how can I not love the kid?

  

  Kajol
  • Love
  • True
  • Feeling

• My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically.

  

  Adam Brody
  • Best
  • Things
  • Jokes

• My best advice is to not start in PowerPoint. Presentation tools force you to think through information linearly, and you really need to start by thinking of the whole instead of the individual lines.

  

  Nancy Duarte
  • Thinking
  • Best
  • Advice

• But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

  

  Buffalo Bill
  • Mind
  • Strong

• I wasn't a very academic kid, and music was the way for all that feeling and angst and sex and love and anger to be channelled.

  

  Dave Davies The Kinks
  • Music
  • Feeling
  • Sex

• I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.

  

  Ken Follett

• With a good melody... music gets me through everything.

  

  Drake Bell
  • Good
  • Music

• Owning a bookstore was right up there with acting in life goals, but other than swaggering around the store, I'm not much use.

  

  Jeffrey Tambor
  • Life
  • Up
  • Goals

• By the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over.

  

  John Fleming
  • Time
  • Family

• I want to have a resume that is substantial enough to hold itself as respectful.

  

  Aldis Hodge

• MK has got a special place in my heart, but obviously, I have signed to Tottenham.

  

  Dele Alli
  • Heart

• Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Happy
  • Pleasure
  • Harmony

• London is a very important financial centre.

  

  Etienne Schneider
  • Financial
  • London

• Live Aid was a baby Woodstock, a child of Woodstock, which I call Globalstock.

  

  Richie Havens
  • Child
  • Aid
  • Woodstock

• I know whatever my father did, in his own way, he still loved me.

  

  Anthony Kiedis Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Way
  • Loved
  • My Father

• My father nodded. Ari, the problem isn't just that Dante's in love with you. The real problem--for you anyway--is that you're in love with him.

  

  Benjamin Alire Saenz
  • Problem
  • My Father
  • In Love

• Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.

  

  Esther Dyson
  • Politics
  • Washington
  • My Father

• "Ecod, you may say what you like of my father, then, and so I give you leave," said Jonas. "I think it's liquid aggravation that circulates through his veins, and not regular blood..."

  

  Charles Dickens
  • My Father
  • Aggravation
  • Circulates