John Byng Quotes

Falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and could not judge at all of their force, more than by numbers, which were seventeen, and thirteen appeared large.

John Byng

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 29, 1704 - March 14, 1757

Topics

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You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You just take the rules a lot more seriously, because it pervades your culture.

Andrew Greeley

CultureYouRulesBornStopMore

When you're acting in a scene, you're focused on doing the scene. You can't break character and go, 'Oh my God, I love what you're doing!'

Melissa McBride

LoveGodCharacterDoingYouActing

I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my website.

Andy Weir

TimeFreeWebsiteChapterPosting

Higher ebook prices only benefit one group: publishers.

Michael A. Stackpole

GroupOnlyBenefitPricesHigher

There's an inclination to get on the inside of Jesus' psyche, and I think that's a deep mistake because it assumes that what you have here is someone analogous to us.

Stanley Hauerwas

MistakeDeepThinkSomeoneYouHere

There are days when I struggle with wanting to be a full-time, stay-at-home mom, and feeling guilty about that because I work.

Tori Spelling

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I've got to say my mother is the most important woman in my life, and not just because she is a 'Scotsman' reader.

Rory McCann

LifeMotherWomanMy LifeImportant

Asteroids are deep-space bodies orbiting the Sun, not the Earth, and traveling to one would mean sending humans into solar orbit for the very first time. Facing those challenges of radiation, navigation and life support on a months-long trip millions of miles from home would be a perfect learning journey before a Mars trip.

Rusty Schweickart

LifeLearningHomeJourneyTimeSun

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.

Mary Wollstonecraft

LifeLiveBlessingIndependenceLong

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

Joseph Stiglitz

EducationFocusPovertyInvestment

My characters in my movies are all flawed. You'll probably never see Tom Hanks in a Doug Liman film. He plays, you know, very earnest and unflawed.

Doug Liman

YouKnowMoviesNeverSeeFilm

I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of, 'What else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?'

Brian Eno

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