Jonathan Swift Quotes

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.

Jonathan Swift

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ReligionCountryNothingNeverSaw

Every Southerner, I think, knows people like Bill Clinton, maybe not quite as smart and maybe not quite as liberal, but kind of a glad-handing, country-club yuppie Southerner. The problem is we don't have labels for middle-class Southerners.

John Shelton Reed

SmartPeopleThinkProblemKind

When I'm very motivated, and when I have to compete, I change a little bit; I become very competitive.

Ana Ivanovic

ChangeBecomeCompeteCompetitive

There are many times I don't feel like going to work out, but I know if I do, I'll feel better.

Ana Ivanovic

WorkBetterFeelKnowOutGoing

When people understand that they are constantly monitored, they are more conformist - they are less willing to take up controversial positions - and that kind of mass conformity is incompatible with democracy.

Trevor Paglen

PeopleDemocracyKindUnderstandUp

The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn. The more I do it, the more I'm humbled. I'm just always trying to get better at it. I pick up a few tricks along the way.

Cliff Martinez

MusicBetterFeelLearnTryingWay

Vice, by comparison with terrible accidents, has its own peculiar explanation. For, in a way, it does occur in accordance with the rationale of nature, and its occurrence is not, so to speak, useless in relation to the whole world. For otherwise, the good would not exist, either.

Chrysippus

NatureGoodWorldSpeakWayUseless

I see wrinkles and lines, and wear glasses to read, which I hate. But I am in a better place in my body than I used to be.

Bonnie Langford

HateI AmGlassesWrinklesBetter

That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I wanted for myself or the club. I don't accept that makes you a bad manager or a poor coach. If that is the view I strongly disagree with it.

Bryan Robson

GoodMyselfReachViewYouBad

I am not doddery... doddery I am not!

Bruce Forsyth

I AmAm

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.

Peter McWilliams

FearThroughSomethingTurnedMoved

One in four kids have either pre-diabetes or diabetes - what I like to call diabesity. How did this happen?

Mark Hyman

DiabetesHappenCallLikeKidsFour

Jodi Arias had a deadly obsession with Travis Alexander.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

ObsessionDeadlyHadAlexander

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