Joseph Addison Quotes

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

Joseph Addison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The Scottish Labour Party should work as equal partners with the U.K. party, just as Scotland is an equal partner in the United Kingdom. Scotland has chosen home rule - not London rule.

Johann Lamont

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Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed.

John Galsworthy

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I think if you accept the Left's premise of a living Constitution, then you accept the Left's premise of a living America, meaning that they think that America's history is rotten.

Andrew Breitbart

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I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza.

Robert Indiana

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I'm passionate again about writing. This is important to me; it's got to be the comeback book.

Jeffrey Archer

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I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex game I have with one character, and lots of side games with other characters, and another game with myself - and in each game you make all these tiny, tiny moves that get you to the endgame.

Steve Carell

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Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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My mum is the biggest Joni Mitchell fan, and my dad loves Neil Young.

Sigrid

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The job of uncovering the global food waste scandal started for me when I was 15 years old. I bought some pigs. I was living in Sussex. And I started to feed them in the most traditional and environmentally friendly way. I went to my school kitchen, and I said, 'Give me the scraps that my school friends have turned their noses up at.'

Tristram Stuart

FoodJobSchoolMeKitchenFriends

I have committed to giving away 80% of my wealth, much of it in India, but also in other countries.

Romesh Wadhwani

GivingWealthIndiaAwayCommitted

I can go to all these cool places around the world, but when we land at YYZ, I'm like, 'Yes! It's flat. It's concrete. I'm okay with this; my people are here.'

Rupi Kaur

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Although I'm great at political commentary and journalism, it's not my passion. 'Gorilla Mindset' is.

Mike Cernovich

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