Jerome K. Jerome Quotes

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.

Jerome K. Jerome

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MenManWorldEnoughPovertyEasy

Sometimes when I see a performance that really takes me, I struggle. How can I express this to this person, I want this person to know how I felt. I want to get this across, and it's not very easy.

John Astin

StruggleMePerformanceEasyPerson

The beauty of the innovation that flows from the open web is that no one has to ask for permission, get a credential, or win a Disrupt or Launch award to go prove their idea is worthy. They just... put up a page on the web, iterate, iterate, iterate... and eventually, a Facebook emerges.

John Battelle

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I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because I'm freelance, and I've never had a proper job. I don't have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me.

Jenny Eclair

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The hardest thing in the world to do is to take something everyone already knows and make it a little better.

Michael Bastian

WorldBetterEveryoneLittleTake

These vessels are out of sight, out of mind. They are exempt from minimum-wage requirements, from Coast Guard inspections, OSHA regulations and other safety laws.

Steve Finley

MindSafetySightOutGuardLaws

Next to my mom, I'm actually a shrinking violet.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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I don't think that the status of a show, big or small, should affect a person's performance.

Sophie Turner

PerformanceSmallThinkPersonBig

I love the energy and positivity of working out.

Rob Gronkowski

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At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.

Monica Lewinsky

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I definitely have a fear of spiders. Don't we want to embrace our fears?

Christa Campbell

FearWantEmbraceSpidersOurFears

Truthfully, we don't want my Weezer affiliation to have any bearing on whether someone likes us or not. It's an entirely different thing. The Space Twins have our own chemistry.

Brian Bell

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In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for.

Bob Beamon

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