John Paul Jones Quotes

Was it proof of madness in the first corps of sea officers to have, at so critical a period, launched out on the ocean with only two armed merchant ships, two armed brigantines, and one armed sloop, to make war against such a power as Great Britain?

John Paul Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 6, 1747 - July 18, 1792

Topics

SeaPowerGreatOceanWarMadness

We all have the ability to be dangerous and do things which are morally wrong.

Jessie Buckley

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My mother has been famous for longer than anyone else alive.

Anderson Cooper

MotherFamousAliveBeenThanElse

I jokingly say that the enemies are children, you know. I always say, if you have young kids, your whole goal from the moment they wake up is to make them tired. It's exhausting. Anybody who's got kids knows what I'm talking about.

Maz Jobrani

ChildrenMomentTiredWake UpGoal

You have to do what's best for the brand.

Angela Ahrendts

BestBrandYou

This is why I wanted to be different and why I wanted to have power and fame and money: because I wanted to be attractive to the opposite sex. I'd be lying to you if I didn't say that was a big part of it.

Michael Buble

PowerMoneyBe DifferentYouSex

I think we have to look at the whole way campaigns are financed. The No. 1 problem is PAC and special-interest money.

Stephen Pagliuca

MoneyThinkProblemLookWayWhole

I live in too many cities.

Shirley MacLaine

LiveManyTooCities

When I was doing 'All in the Family,' half the time, I was looking at where the cameras were, where were the other actors in the scene, what the audience was doing.

Rob Reiner

FamilyTimeLookingDoingAudience

Pete Docter's a genius isn't he?

Diane Lane

GeniusHe

It's hard for people to understand that when five or six guys are together working intensely, they can really get into some duels.

Dickey Betts

TogetherPeopleUnderstandHardGet

Obviously, I have to enjoy all I have. People depend on you, and now I can look back at everything I've gone through to get here with a different perspective.

Diego Costa

PerspectivePeopleEnjoyYouLook

When I think back to my childhood, I just think of the word 'freedom.' In the summers, we spent all day on the beach.

Donna Langley

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