Jonathan Swift Quotes

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.

Jonathan Swift

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureAmbitionShortSaidLittle

You can no longer buy commodities at Merrill Lynch. My guess is many analysts and even executives are too young to know how profitable a hot commodities market can be. They will soon.

Jim Rogers

YouKnowYoungWillHotBuy

The secret of food lies in memory - of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is.

Jerry Saltz

FoodMemoryThinkingKnowingSecret

I was popular, and I enjoyed that, and my mother kept telling me I better take typing so I'd have something to fall back on. I didn't know what the future held, but once I got my law degree, I started to feel like, 'OK, I'm a serious person.'

Megyn Kelly

MotherFutureMeLawBetterFeel

I know I'm the greatest, and like I said, I ain't here to be average. I always wanted to stick out as a sore thumb, so that's what I'm doing. It's just confidence.

Max Holloway

ConfidenceDoingKnowSaidOutHere

Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems.

Alva Myrdal

OppressionMoreOwnConcentration

'Lockup,' inside America's supersize prisons on MSNBC, is one of my favorite shows. I get a lot of my inspiration for Blair Waldorf from that show.

Stephanie Savage

AmericaInsideInspirationShowGet

When you're 16 years old, you're not afraid of anything.

Stephanie Sigman

YouOldAfraidYearsAnything

However much we might deplore the profit motive, or consumerist values, if everyone just wants i-Pods we would probably be better off than if they wanted class revolution.

Steven Pinker

RevolutionBetterValuesProfitOff

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Socrates

SoulWordsEvilFalseOnlyInfect

How can people be so stupid? I marvel at that. See, I think you have to work as being ignorant - and if you're gonna work at being ignorant, why not work at being informed?

Rush Limbaugh

WorkPeopleStupidThinkYouWhy

In our house we say 'adolescence' is a western word. We don't believe in it.

Mira Nair

BelieveHouseSayAdolescenceWord

We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

Dennis Weaver

SacrificeEnvironmentalStrong

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