Joseph Addison Quotes

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

Joseph Addison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719

Topics

MenEasyCircumstancesEnemies

The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

Jimi Hendrix

LifeLoveLove IsGoodbyeEyeStory

I knew when I was 10 that I wanted to act full-time.

Jenna-Louise Coleman

ActKnewWantedFull-Time

When Elvis made his mass-media debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' - his notorious gyrations filmed only from the waist up - I fell off the family chaise longue with delight.

John Lahr

FamilyUpDelightShowOffMade

I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don't get to be on TV.

Amy Poehler

WorkWomenFeetThinkEndYou

My first ideas of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) arose with my Ph.D. in Edinburgh University in the early 1950s. Supervised by Alan Beatty, my research was based on his work on altering chromosomal complements in mouse embryos.

Robert Edwards

WorkIdeasResearchEarlyFirstHis

I have a theory of living on the boundary: on the boundary of patriarchy and the boundary of different dimensions.

Mary Daly

LivingTheoryDifferentDimensions

I never wish for critics.

Jasper Johns

WishNeverCritics

I absolutely think women's perspectives should be considered in making economic decisions.

Diana Farrell

WomenThinkDecisionsEconomic

I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black in the discotheque. I always felt observed and judged.

Concha Buika

LibraryBlackClassAlwaysOnly

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

Bob Riley

ConfidenceSimpleGovernmentFight

Critics in particular treat CGI as a virus that's infecting film.

Peter Jackson

TreatCriticsFilmVirusCGI

I've never spent a whole year in one place without leaving.

Paul Theroux

YearPlaceLeavingNeverWithout

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