Joseph Butler Quotes

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.

Joseph Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 18, 1692 - June 16, 1752

Topics

HappinessManDesireOwnVariety

If I had to pick a favorite album, 'El Malo' would be one of them. That music is good old-fashioned medicine.

John Ortiz

GoodMusicMedicineOld-Fashioned

I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are.

Jeffrey Eugenides

CollegeBookReadingThinkYouTell

I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.

Masi Oka

ScienceSchoolCollegeComputers

Anyone who tries to diss me in comparison to Queen, it just renders all their criticisms completely futile. That's quite pleasurable.

Mika

QueenMeComparisonJustWhoQuite

I enjoy finding the right word and giving each its full measure, its full space in a sentence.

Miriam Margolyes

SpaceGivingFindingEnjoyMeasure

The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.

Lukas Foss

InfluenceInterestingUsedObvious

Nearly everything I do is part of a master plan to make me the most important entertainer in the world.

Bobby Darin

MeWorldPlanImportantEverything

Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn't exist.

Bodhidharma

MindRealFictionAnythingOwnHis

A starry sky is equally interesting to a scientist, a mystic, an ethics scholar, and a poet. Looking at the stars, each experiences something different, and each sees his own picture.

Alija Izetbegovic

StarsSkyEthicsLookingPicture

I talk to trees and animals. We have interesting conversations about food, weather, and love. They sometimes can predict the future.

Shan Sa

LoveFutureFoodWeatherTreesTalk

I can remember being fascinated by what people really thought about each other and what they were really doing to each other behind people's backs.

Mark Frost

PeopleThoughtDoingRememberI Can

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

Marlene Dietrich

BeliefsHabitsRatherThan

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