Robert Green Ingersoll Quotes

A good character, like a Gibraltar, will stand against the testimony of all the rascals in the universe, no matter how they assail it. It will stand, and it will stand firmer and grander the more it is assaulted.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899

Topics

GoodCharacterStandUniverseMatter

Reykjavik has a mixture of southern and northern mentality. There's a laid-back, relaxed attitude but also the feeling things are going to get done.

John Grant

AttitudeFeelingDoneThingsGoing

I can only think of one wacky best friend who I thought was awesome: Rhys Ifans in 'Notting Hill.' He really nailed the wacky best friend.

Jemaine Clement

FriendBestBest FriendThinkI Can

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Jean de La Fontaine

FearShameEveryoneFaultsCureHe

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like.

John Zorn

GoodGreatMusiciansFindAccept

I was very bad at mathematics in school, and I always had the feeling as a kid that when I worked on problems, that I would be wrong.

Simon McBurney

MathematicsSchoolProblemsBadKid

I would only read the novels that people classify as 'beach books' if I were being held prisoner and the only alternative was the 'Book of Mormon.'

Tom Robbins

BeachPeopleBookBeingBooksWould

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.

Tom Skerritt

VisionDirectorDependMost

I think it's very hard for coaches to work with me. They'll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they're under a lot of pressure.

Roger Federer

WorkGoodTimeMeThinkPressure

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

Michel de Montaigne

WiseChanceSeeingFoolsLuckyShe

Christianity is the fastest-growing religion in the world; Islam is the second. It's spreading in Asia, Africa, and South America. So the world is in a kind of religious revival, and the atheists are totally flummoxed. They thought they were winning, and now they see that they aren't.

Dinesh D'Souza

ReligionWinningWorldThoughtKind

The overriding goal of counterinsurgency is to make friends: You make friends with the people; you isolate the insurgents.

Dexter Filkins

PeopleFriendsYouGoalMake

It is time to show the whole world that America is back - bigger and better and stronger than ever before.

Donald Trump

TimeWorldBetterAmericaStronger

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