William O. Douglas Quotes

Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.

William O. Douglas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 16, 1898 - January 19, 1980

Topics

TodayPoliticsPerformanceFreeSame

I do a little thing about the way people shake the sweetener packet. You know, like they're all excited. I want to get all the granules down to one end. I love all these rituals.

Jerry Seinfeld

LovePeopleEndYouDownKnow

Reform is not a one-night stand.

John Bolton

StandReformOne-Night

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

John F. Kennedy

WorkMenTalentBelieveBackNew

The sound of water escaping from mill dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork, I love such things.

John Constable

LoveWaterSoundOldThingsRotten

The novel has always been a contradictory form. Here is a long form narrative mainly read originally by consumers who were only newly literate or limited in their literacy. The novel ranked below poetry, essay and history in prestige for a long time.

Matthew Pearl

HistoryTimePoetryLongLong Time

I never thought to ever ask for money. I was so stupid.

Anna Nicole Smith

MoneyStupidThoughtNeverAskEver

I'm too frightened of confrontation, so I will always tip - even if the service has been really shoddy.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

ServiceWillAlwaysTipBeenEven

I know nothing about hip-hop... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get slammed now for this.

Tom Colicchio

YouKnowNowHip-HopNothingStage

Poets, I think, are born. You can't teach it. It's genetic - the circumstances of how you were raised... and there's probably some Irish in your blood lines.

Rodney Crowell

ThinkYouBornBloodCircumstances

I really don't think in the past. I sit down with many friends at dinner, and they like to talk about the good old days. I'm respectful of the good old days, but I find myself spending very little time reminiscing. I'm really looking forward.

Donald Bren

GoodTimeMyselfPastDinnerThink

Your first obligation, I suppose, is to your God. Your second is to your family. And your third is to your community. And you ought to try to fulfill all of those in your life.

Dick Murphy

LifeFamilyGodCommunityYouTry

Pakistan has to export a lot of uneducated people, many of whom have become infected with the most barbaric reactionary ideas.

Christopher Hitchens

PeopleIdeasBecomeUneducatedWhom

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