Jonathan Swift Quotes

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.

Jonathan Swift

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 30, 1667 - October 19, 1745

Topics

JusticeCareDecisionsLawyersDone

Everyone does what they believe they need to do in order to survive in this business, 'survive' being the operative word.

Joe Morton

BusinessSurviveBelieveNeedOrder

I never wanted to go to university: books seemed to have all the answers, and the questions, too. I went to work for Jean Muir as her in-house model. Miss Muir - as she will always be to me - was interested in everything.

Joanna Lumley

WorkMeQuestionsGoNeverShe

Hemingway was a jerk. I mean he was really a great jerk. He was a good writer, and he did all sorts of things that I would never have the courage to do, but I don't think I'd enjoy being in the same room with him. He's not my kind of person.

Joe Haldeman

GoodCourageGreatThinkEnjoyKind

The problem of the Panthers is that they scared people. The music of N.W.A didn't scare people; it taught people what it was like to grow up in our inner cities.

Jerry Heller

MusicPeopleGrowProblemGrow Up

The thing about Canada is that it's a very large country, and the population's very spread out among different regions. Each region in the country really has its own personality and its own culture, you know? From West Coast to East Coast - wherever you go, it's almost like it's its own country.

Jeff Lemire

CulturePersonalityYouCanadaKnow

When you're part of the first family, your life tends to get played out in front of the whole nation.

Steven Ford

LifeFamilyYouFirstNationOut

Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.

Siegfried Sassoon

ThinkCleanSoldiersBeginDreamers

Our people have not been exposed to Muslims, and they are frightened. It's a new phenomenon for them... Hundreds of Muslims mean nothing in Belgium or London, but it does mean something in Slovakia.

Miroslav Lajcak

PeopleNewNothingLondonMeanBeen

Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness.

Jonathan Mayhew

FreedomLibertyUsPrizeOurUse

I had a really creative teacher at primary school. He used to get us doing things such as singing Spandau Ballet in drag in the choir, and I remember loving it.

Dominic Cooper

TeacherCreativeSchoolSingingUsed

My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All of this depends, of course, on the bookstore and how conversant the shelf stocker is with the alphabet.

Chris Abani

BooksShelfCourseAlphabetDepends

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.

Ali ibn Abi Talib

ImprovementDarknessEvilDeepSelf

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