John Philpot Curran Quotes

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.

John Philpot Curran

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: July 24, 1750 - October 14, 1817

Topics

FateBecomeActivePreySeeRights

Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.

Joe Cocker

New YorkNewHappenedUnfortunately

I will say, I'm a great, great, great grandson of Stephen F. Austin. He founded Austin, Texas, which is kind of cool.

Jesse Plemons

GreatCoolTexasSayKindWill

Even when I get dressed up to go out, I never use too much makeup.

Ana Ivanovic

MakeupToo MuchDressedGoNeverUp

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

Stephen Ambrose

BusinessDoneProfessorsBig1930s

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

Sidney Sheldon

StoryHollywoodFirstYearsWriter

I don't really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks.

Tori Amos

HusbandCookCooksReally

When I started my airline business, I didn't know everything, right? If I start up a newspaper tomorrow, I might get ripped off by journalists. You'd be naive to think you know everything from day one.

Tony Fernandes

BusinessDayTomorrowStartThink

You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.

Robert Caro

PowerPoliticalYouRightGuyOnly

The road to success, and by that I mean... the possibility of giving the best one has to the cause that one loves most, is not easy.

Louis Finkelstein

SuccessBestRoadGivingEasyMean

Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.

Milos Forman

LifeLovedMy LifeCompanyTwoJust

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

Joyce Giraud

GirlI AmMePageantClearMust

Iranian young people are one of the most pro-American populations in the Middle East.

Jared Cohen

PeopleYoungYoung PeopleMiddle

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