Douglas William Jerrold Quotes

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.

Douglas William Jerrold

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 3, 1803 - June 8, 1857

Topics

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I put $5 million into the real-estate business when the world was coming to an end, and three years later, by 1980, I woke up and was worth a hundred. That's a lot of money back then.

John Catsimatidis

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To be a good musician, you need to give people what they want, what they need.

Andy Grammer

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Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it.

Tony Parsons

UglyYouGoLivingWillTattoos

When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.

Michel Houellebecq

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You ask why I'm fascinated by the human figure? As a human animal, I am interested in some of my fellow animals: in their minds and bodies.

Lucian Freud

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You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.

Christina Ricci

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Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

William Godwin

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The rotation of the polarization plane is extraordinarily small in all gases, thus also in sodium vapour.

Pieter Zeeman

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I think hacking's important. Most Americans should worry about it no matter what side of the aisle you're on.

Rick Santelli

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At the United Nations, that's the number one comment I get is they're just so happy to see the United States lead again.

Nikki Haley

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Football has end zones and goal posts; basketball has the hoop, and hockey the goal cage. Baseball is the only game with an imaginary box: the strike zone, which the umpire determines at his own discretion.

Richard Corliss

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Make space in your life, space for health and happiness.

Kris Carr

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