Jonathan Swift Quotes

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

Jonathan Swift

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ShoesFeetWantOffLikeDesires

Never marry a man who hates his mother because he'll end up hating you.

Jill Bennett

MotherManEndYouNeverHating

I'm interested in taking hold of the dull truth narrative and finding inside it the transcendence and spirituality and hysteria normally associated with religion.

Jim Crace

TruthReligionFindingInsideHold

The man you married is yours to have and to hold for the rest of ever, even if he starts chewing tobacco or decides to pierce his hairy nipple and buy a Corvette, because you very plainly said - or at least implied - you were in it for better or for worse.

Jenna McCarthy

ManRestBetterYouSaidBuy

Certain gorillas are more evolved than certain human beings I know.

Andy Serkis

KnowMoreHumanHuman BeingsThan

I wouldn't have had the life I've had without movies.

Michael Cimino

LifeMoviesWithoutHad

In me the tiger sniffs the rose.

Siegfried Sassoon

MeRoseTiger

They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.

Rita Rudner

BusyBankTwoLocalExceptVery

I get free life lessons from J-Hope and Jimin; sometimes it's like they're 10 years older than me.

RM

LifeMeFreeSometimesYearsGet

Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone like me. That's the best thing ever.

Ron Conway

BestMoneyMeSomeoneCrystalNeed

I'm an East Coast guy and always will be. But I'm always going to find my way back to Green Bay whether I'm living here or not. Green Bay is a great place. Green Bay is awesome.

Mike Daniels

GreatGreenBackFindPlaceLiving

I was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life.

Clea Duvall

LifeLoveMyselfSchoolHigh School

I'm in Hollywood - I have no business not being in the movie industry.

Ariel Pink

BusinessHollywoodIndustryBeing

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