John Paul Jones Quotes

Heaven can never countenance the barbarous and unmanly practice of the Britons in America, which savages would blush at, and which, if not discontinued, will soon be retaliated on Britain by a justly enraged people.

John Paul Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PracticePeopleAmericaHeavenNever

I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to grow up and move past JK Rowling they can move to me. From Jo to Jodi!

Jodi Picoult

LoveGoodPastMeGrowWrite

Since 1945, no one in the U.S. military has liked the end result of the military conflicts we've been in: Vietnam, Korea, certainly Iraq, and probably Afghanistan. But in a democracy, you salute.

John F. Kelly

DemocracyEndResultYouMilitary

No matter what you say in carefully chosen sentences, girls will detect both the spoken and unspoken messages.

Megan Shull

YouSayWillMatterChosenSpoken

With my first son I cut his umbilical cord and everything, so I'm a hands-on father, to say the least.

Mekhi Phifer

FatherSonSayFirstEverythingCut

We're raised to believe that asking for help - that not having all the answers - is a sign of weakness, somehow challenging our manhood.

Tony Goldwyn

BelieveWeaknessHelpAnswersAsking

People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.

Tom Robbins

ImaginationPeopleWriteUpThings

One of the things that we're all struggling with is how to judge the quality of the value-added experience of an educational course or year. I don't think it's impossible to do that, but it's difficult.

Roy Romer

ExperienceQualityImpossibleThink

There isn't a fight that I'm in that I'm not asking the question, 'What could we have done to avoid this?' Or, 'What can we do to avoid this in the future in terms of the kinds of things that we see?'

Michael Mullen

FutureFightDoneSeeThingsAsking

I have no trouble walking around. But every once in a while, somebody will come, during the course of the day, and say, 'Oh, I recognize you from such-and-such,' and yeah, they'll make a connection. I think for the most part, people don't go, 'Where do I know him from? Does he work at the bank?'

Jonathan Banks

WorkDayPeopleThinkWalkingYou

A board of directors that cannot produce reliable audited financial statements for almost seven years simply should not remain in office.

Dilip Shanghvi

FinancialOfficeYearsReliable

I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

Dennis Rodman

BeginBeingShooterTakenCrap

The work ethic behind everything Kanye does is crazy. It's greatness. He told me, 'We're not just rappers, we're artists.'

Desiigner

WorkGreatnessMeCrazyWork Ethic

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