Finley Peter Dunne Quotes

Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

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• We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.

  

  Harold MacMillan
  • Fall
  • Down
  • Kings

• GIS is being influenced by and integrating with all kinds of new innovations such as faster computing, big data, the cloud, smart devices, and distributed processing.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • Smart
  • Data
  • Cloud

• That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow.

  

  Barbara Mandrell
  • God
  • Me
  • Tomorrow

• We write the song, then it gets played for the artist, and they somehow fall in love with it and go back in and make it their own.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Song
  • Artist
  • Write

• Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Beauty
  • Gift
  • Whom

• Ruth's Chris is my favorite restaurant, and I always order the rib eye, medium-rare.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Always
  • Eye
  • Restaurant

• No one knows who Peter Parker is. People just know who Spider-Man is. When you get that in the mix of growing up and finding yourself, that's more of a relatable tone than being Captain America and having the country's weight on your shoulders.

  

  Jacob Batalon
  • People
  • Up
  • Country

• Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.

  

  Zebulon Pike
  • Peace
  • Become
  • Smoke

• Sometimes, a remix is good because it reaches a whole new generation. But when it gets too much, it's irritating. Also, the original composer needs to be credited properly.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Good
  • Sometimes
  • Generation

• I love Alton Brown's show 'Good Eats,' about the chemistry of food. It's really thoughtful.

  

  Ina Garten
  • Good
  • Love
  • Food

• It was in 1969 that I was able to give up my administrative responsibility. As I worked hard my research never suffered during this period and as a matter of fact these were probably some of my most productive years.

  

  George Andrew Olah
  • Up
  • Responsibility
  • Period

• The best thing to spend on your children is your time.

  

  Louise Hart
  • Time
  • Children
  • Best

• Members are more likely to seek counsel from leaders from whom they feel sincere love emanating.

  

  M. Russell Ballard
  • Love
  • Members
  • Counsel

• It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.

  

  Paul McCartney The Beatles
  • Time
  • Meditation
  • Lifelong

• There are men who teach best by not teaching at all.

  

  Abraham Flexner
  • Men
  • Teach

• Do we really need these big, gigantic, heavy rockets? What if we launch a rocket that's empty, and its sole purpose is to act as a source of fuel on the Moon? Who should build that? Well, I think the U.S. should build that.

  

  Buzz Aldrin
  • Purpose
  • Moon
  • Act

• VOID is filled with intrigue, suspense, and smoldering desire. This story will keep you turning the page until the very end.

  

  Aleatha Romig
  • Desire
  • Stories
  • Ends

• I think about my audience when I write, to some extent. Thinking of writing for young adults, I try to keep the stories moving, never a dull moment, to hold their interest.

  

  William Sleator
  • Think
  • Stories
  • Audience

• I think the universe just brings people around others they find to be interesting.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • People
  • Think
  • Interesting

• Harvey Publications hired me as a letterer, and they found out six seconds after I got the job that I couldn't letter. I still can't letter. So, they hired me to draw.

  

  Ernie Colon
  • Draw
  • Hired
  • Harvey Publications

• Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

  

  Finley Peter Dunne
  • Stories
  • Comfort
  • Afflicted