Matthew Prior Quotes

They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.

Matthew Prior

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 21, 1664 - September 18, 1721

Topics

ThinkTalkDrinkNeverAlwaysTaste

The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we're to be happy all the time and our children are to be happy all the time is toxic, and I think that really gets in the way of emotional well-being.

Andrew Weil

ChildrenTimeHappyPeopleBe Happy

Discretion is the most important thing for a banker. That is the philosophy of the family... I mean, of the bank.

Ana Patricia Botin

FamilyPhilosophyImportantMean

I do get very involved in making a scene work without giving too much thought about how it affects the overall, which I think is hard to know in any case.

Tom Drury

WorkThinkThoughtGivingToo Much

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.

Russell Banks

WorkLearnAccountantLivingDentist

We're just human beings. In the end, you do your job. I do my job in the best way I can.

Mohamed Salah

BestJobEndYouI CanWay

A story about my life should not be particularly interesting, but it is: it's just about me and some kids who didn't know how to talk to each other. It's personal but not autobiographical.

Dito Montiel

LifeMeStoryInterestingMy Life

I felt more comfortable in TV than in the film world where the players were more erudite and intellectual.

Dawn Steel

WorldIntellectualComfortableMore

I never thought I would get married and have kids. I thought I was going to be a gypsy actor, traveling all over the world playing the great roles. I ended up having a kid very young, and it put things in perspective.

Bobby Cannavale

GreatPerspectiveWorldThoughtKid

'Good Times' was with a live audience, three camera, and that was really intimidating. Because there were people on both sides, moving from set to set, and it was pretty scary. As I say, I didn't have a foundation in Hollywood. I hardly knew anybody. Just at the social level. I felt pretty isolated here, I really did.

Philip Baker Hall

GoodLivePeopleGood TimesMoving

I don't really necessarily think I'm a funny guy, but I like the opportunity to take on something that I don't feel I'm the best at doing.

Seann William Scott

FunnyOpportunityBestThinkDoing

I believe change is the only constant in life, and there is a place and time for everything.

Tina Ambani

LifeChangeTimeBelievePlaceOnly

Obviously, when you do something with drama and comedy in it - and by that, I mean a scene that has drama and comedy in it - you know the minute you introduce music, you're either scoring the drama or you're scoring the comedy, and therefore the scene becomes either dramatic or comedic.

Noah Hawley

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