Robert W. Service Quotes

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

Robert W. Service

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: January 16, 1874 - September 11, 1958

Topics

PeopleSocietyToughBetterYouGet

Art is more than a series of images that are disembodied. Art is objects that live in real places, economies, spaces, architecture.

Trevor Paglen

LiveArtArchitecturePlacesMore

I've had a nice career. I'm no David Bowie or Bruce Springsteen out there. I'm not an icon. I'm just a working artist.

Rodney Crowell

ArtistCareerNiceOutDavid Bowie

Make no mistake, in this campaign, I will offer the American ideals of economic freedom a clear and unapologetic defense.

Mitt Romney

FreedomMistakeAmericanWillClear

One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human.

Loren Eiseley

ReflectionEyeMeetHumanThanDoes

I like tourists. I think it's nice to live in a town that people come from all over to visit.

David Thewlis

LivePeopleThinkNiceOverCome

I would never become a big, big model in the commercial sense because I was such a type; you couldn't use me in everything.

China Machado

MeYouBecomeNeverEverythingBig

The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days.

Clement Attlee

HouseGlassDaysChampagneFive

I've always been fussier than I can afford to be. I don't just want to do whatever it takes to be successful, I want to do what I consider to be good stuff. If I'm not engaged in something, it doesn't matter what it is and who's doing it.

Sean Biggerstaff

GoodDoingI CanWantMatterAlways

Sea World's killer whale collection needs constant replenishing. The average life span of the animals in captivity is less than half the average for killer whales in the ocean.

Nina Easton

LifeSeaOceanWorldAnimalsWhales

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

Richard Bach

WorkPowerWishYouTrueNever

I've never met a size zero person. Is Paris Hilton a size zero? I've met her. She looked very thin, but she looked very healthy. She had beautiful skin.

Marie Helvin

BeautifulParisPersonSkinHealthy

Being a skeptical and thoughtful consumer of polls is essential.

Kristen Soltis Anderson

ThoughtfulBeingPollsConsumer

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