John Paul Jones Quotes

I must repeat what I asserted formerly, that unless some happy expedient can be fallen upon to induce the seamen to enter into the service for a longer term than twelve months, it will never be possible to bring them under proper subordination; and subordination is as necessary, nay, far more so in the fleet than in the army.

John Paul Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ServiceHappyArmyPossibleNever

The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

Andrew Johnson

GovernmentPeopleRichGoalStrive

When we deal with death, the pupils will always be fixed and dilated, which indicates that there is no longer brain activity or response.

Ann Hood

DeathBrainWillAlwaysActivity

I want my great-granddaughter to have a fairly good understanding of the world in which I lived for 81 years and also the world before I came into it - all the way back a hundred thousand years, to the beginning of our species.

Sidney Poitier

GoodBeginningWorldUnderstanding

Once you've been somebody, really, you have a career and you're a nobody anymore, and you're getting older, you're living what's called a state of shame.

Mickey Rourke

Getting OlderYouCareerLivingBeen

When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no longer have to use them.

Michelangelo Antonioni

NatureWordsManSpaceMeaningLost

I've been to three Olympics. I gave it my all.

Michelle Carter

ThreeBeenGaveOlympics

The Cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river. I mean here that over the past two days, we managed to shoot down 196 missiles before they hit their target.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

PastRiverFishDownTargetMean

I like horror; I like comedy; I like drama; I like action; I like female heroes.

Joss Whedon

ActionComedyDramaHorrorHeroes

I'm not a great beauty. That's not me.

Anne-Marie Duff

BeautyGreatMe

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.

Thomas Jefferson

EqualityLawActionLimitsLiberty

It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.

Martin Bashir

FamilyLegalAdvicePossibleBecause

My kids haven't watched one episode of 'Growing Pains'. I'll tell you why. When our kids were little, we never wanted Mommy or Daddy to be the celebrity mom or dad to our kids.

Kirk Cameron

MomYouGrowingWhyCelebrityNever

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