Robert Green Ingersoll Quotes

I think the man who eats the bread of idleness is under a certain obligation to speak well of labor.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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This is not a time for America to 'believe in magic.' This is a time to drive education forward. This is a time to drive the economy forward. This is a time to drive America forward. We must do it together. And we must re-elect Barack Obama as President of the United States.

Jim Hunt

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Aretha Franklin, first and foremost... That's my top girl there.

Jennifer Holliday

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People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption.

Andrew Cuomo

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The Martian atmosphere is very thin. It's like our atmosphere at 100,000 feet.

John M. Grunsfeld

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Provocations are like a Molotov cocktail. They only work one time out of ten, but when it works, it can also be dangerous for the arm that is throwing it. It's the price that has to be paid.

Maurizio Cattelan

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I have had more honors than I've deserved and more rewards than I expected. It can be tempting just to say, 'Well, I'm going to retire.' But what would I do then? Sit in a chair and watch TV? Don't let fulfillment throw away your tomorrow.

Robert H. Schuller

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When we're ready to do the dress rehearsal, we'll rehearse in the dark. No lights. The reason why I do that is because I don't want the band to rely on me for anything. 'Cause anything can happen - I might stop singing or unplug the mic, just so everybody knows: Keep going, no matter what.

Trombone Shorty

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Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott.

Lisa Gardner

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On network TV, I'm still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom.

Lisa Kudrow

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The market economy is very good at wealth creation but not perfect at all about wealth distribution.

Jonathan Sacks

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If you can't eat it, can't sleep under it, can't wear it or make something from it, it's not worth anything.

Don Young

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The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.

Dorothy L. Sayers

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