Joseph Butler Quotes

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed, self-love only puts us upon obtaining and securing it.

Joseph Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureGoodSelf-LoveInterestUs

We won't enshrine the Tories' policies in Scotland. We won't run away from the Tories but then let them run our economy. We will face up to the Tories, and we will beat them.

Johann Lamont

FaceRunWillEconomyUpBeat

My parents divorced when I was 3 years old. They had a lounge act in Las Vegas, where I was born. The band broke up and the marriage dissolved, and my mother, my sister and I moved to Southern California. And I didn't see my dad a lot growing up; he was on the road a lot. I'd see him every couple years.

Jenny Lewis

MarriageMotherParentsSisterRoad

The total loss of hearing was a process that lasted more than a decade, but it was sufficiently gradual for me to attend Sydney Boys' High School and to profit from the teaching there.

John Cornforth

SchoolMeHigh SchoolProcessLoss

If we want a stronger, cleaner, and fairer world economy, we need to deal with the controversial areas of globalisation, such as tax havens.

Jose Angel Gurria

WorldStrongerTaxWantNeedDeal

The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.

Don Rickles

LoveVegasIslandWorkingLikePot

Dance music is about having a good time, and a lot of dance music is very serious now. When progressive house and progressive tech came along, it was kind of serious, but it's all context as well.

Chris Lowe

GoodMusicTimeDanceHouseSerious

When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.

Chi Chi Rodriguez

WifeManHusbandTwiceIncomeHalf

Society's mores have changed, and what used to be thought not to be cruel and unusual now is thought to be cruel and unusual.

Antonin Scalia

SocietyThoughtNowCruelUsed

Well, I think people don't recognise my face because I'm so much older now, but it is astonishing that people can recognise a voice. I do sometimes get recognised, and indeed a lot of people do come and see me.

Tom Baker

PeopleMeVoiceFaceThinkNow

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Norman Vincent Peale

StrengthObstaclesStand UpThinkUp

When you are convinced your cause is just, you fight for it.

Rigoberta Menchu

FightYouJustYourCauseConvinced

In your 20s and 30s, everything is possible. But then, sooner than you think, men walk past you in the street and don't look twice at you unless you're wearing a fabulous outfit.

Noma Dumezweni

WalkMenPastThinkYouLook

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