Jerome K. Jerome Quotes

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.

Jerome K. Jerome

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 2, 1859 - June 14, 1927

Topics

LovePeopleStupidMorePleasant

As a writer, I'm driven by settings. Others are driven by characters or predicaments, but with me, settings come first.

Jim Lynch

MeOthersFirstDrivenComeWriter

I tried to draw and write comics when I was four. By the time I was nine, I had written my first story - about my dog, of course.

Joe R. Lansdale

DogTimeStoryWriteFirstFour

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

Andrew Carnegie

WiseStopSeriousDifficultTask

We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties.

Anna C. Brackett

GoPossessionsOnlyMultiplyCares

You win the modern financial-regulation game by filing the most motions, attending the most hearings, giving the most money to the most politicians and, above all, by keeping at it, day after day, year after fiscal year, until stealing is legal again.

Matt Taibbi

MoneyDayWinGameLegalYear

What I love is acting, and the technical stuff does tend to slow things down.

Anna Popplewell

LoveLove IsSlowActingDownStuff

I don't think about going back to the theater.

Angela Lansbury

ThinkBackGoingTheaterAbout

I got roped into Twitter. I actually quite enjoy it! But I don't go on as often as some.

Amanda Tapping

EnjoyGoGotTwitterSomeQuite

When you cut investments in worker training, you're cutting investments in the middle class.

Tom Perez

TrainingYouClassCutMiddle

I should write a musical. That is probably one of the final areas that I should pay attention to, because it does kind of involve everything. It's got theatre, it's got young, pretty people... And it's got money!

Rufus Wainwright

MoneyPeopleTheatreAttentionYoung

In 2003, this House voted to kill a Democratic amendment to add $250 million for port security grants; then again, in 2005, against a Democratic proposal calling for an additional $400 million in funding for port security.

Russ Carnahan

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For me, it's important to anticipate where fashion is heading.

Miuccia Prada

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