Josh Billings Quotes

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.

Josh Billings

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 21, 1818 - October 14, 1885

Topics

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For me, working on stage is much more exhausting than all the other mediums, but it's also much more thrilling.

John Lithgow

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I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress.

John Templeton

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In the corporate-owned media, men dressed like Ronald Reagan and women dressed like Rita Hayworth disseminate grotesque exaggerations and gossip in authoritative tones.

Steven Weber

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I made this record in the late '80s called 'Diamonds and Dirt,' and it was a big hit. It had five No. 1's, and it was my commercial peak, really.

Rodney Crowell

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Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public.

Ludwig von Mises

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Orientals, and the Malays in particular, are a sensitive people: delicacy of sentiment is predominant with them.

Jose Rizal

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You can't fall in love after 40; you know so much about life that you can't get fooled anymore.

Jonathan King

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I like to recede away from classifications. You might say that indicates a fundamental lack of commitment. I suppose that's true to some degree.

Jordan Peterson

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I'm not a great dancer. I'm a great advertisement for freedom of expression. I don't care what you think. I'm having a great time.

Chris Martin

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I changed the lyrics of 'All I Need Is the Girl' to 'All I Need Is the Job' for an audition years ago. It's a great ice-breaker - people want to laugh.

Bryan Batt

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Writers can express ideas and emotions that are important to them but have no other means of expression. Some of these ideas may be fantastic, and some of the emotions may be given clearer voice in fantastic fiction.

Brian Stableford

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Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.

Alfred de Vigny

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