Logan Pearsall Smith Quotes

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 18, 1865 - March 2, 1946

Topics

FunnyOthersNeedTwoComplain

I'm still conflict-averse. I don't like to argue.

Jennifer Garner

StillLikeArgue

A first preview is not exactly a pleasant experience for directors and actors. You're never as raw as when the audience first comes in.

John Tiffany

ExperienceYouNeverFirstAudience

I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.

Stephen Collins

BusinessDoingNowKnowingMonth

My years of ballet and jazz dance lessons didn't make me any more graceful - they just helped keep me from bumping into the furniture on stage.

Toni Tennille

DanceMeFurnitureJazzMoreStage

When families break down, you have a lot of repercussion from that, from poverty to crime to lack of discipline.

Tony Evans

DisciplinePovertyYouDownCrime

The world today is so full of violence, obscenity, war, the failure of political systems. I try to make movies that make people a bit more confident. But that doesn't mean being sugary.

Rouben Mamoulian

FailureTodayWarPeopleWorldTry

Something about John Cleese was always very unsettled, I felt. There was always something else he wanted to do. He seemed constantly driven by this sense that there was a nirvana somewhere; some unique place where mind, body and soul would be utterly satisfied.

Michael Palin

SoulMindBodyUniquePlaceAlways

I have no one at my side except God and His angels. I pray to God that He will turn my enemies into pillars of salt.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

GodSaltWillAngelsEnemiesTurn

What's bad, boring, and barely read all over? Business writing.

Jason Fried

BusinessWritingBadBoringOver

It's not a secret that we have a crisis in confidence in public institutions in our country.

Josh Hawley

ConfidenceCountryCrisisSecretOur

Permanent bonds of culture began to be formed between the extreme East and the extreme West of Europe by intermarriage, by commerce, by the admission of the nobles of Byzantium within the orders of chivalry.

Joseph Jacobs

CultureEuropePermanentWithinWest

Parodies came about because Mr. Ford was actually one of the better athletes of our presidents... but he continually had physical accidents... he was an easy target for me. The main idea was to get people laughing.

Chevy Chase

PeopleMeBetterEasyTargetGet

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