William Godwin Quotes

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men.

William Godwin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 3, 1756 - April 7, 1836

Topics

MenManRightRealActiveRights

I think I am talented - but I also think I'm very lucky.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

I AmThinkLuckyI ThinkTalented

To me, music is a luminous experience. Whenever I'm immersed in it, life lights up for me, no matter what else is going on.

Anat Cohen

LifeMusicExperienceMeLightsUp

My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad was doing.

Robert Stromberg

LoveBudgetDoingSeeingMoviesKid

I'm pretty cheap, to be honest.

Matt Mullenweg

CheapHonestPrettyTo Be Honest

The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty.

Jeffrey Sachs

PovertyCrisisAfricaEssence

I was a police reporter, so I got into the worlds that I write about, and I think many of the details in my books come from those days.

Michael Connelly

PoliceThinkDetailsWriteDaysGot

When I teach writing, I always tell my students you should assume that the audience you're writing for is smarter than you. You can't write if you don't think they're on your side, because then you start to yell at them or preach down to them.

Tony Kushner

WritingStartThinkYouDownTeach

One name always stands out when it comes to actors taking on the monsters of our nightmares - Robert Englund. In the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' series, Englund kept us awake as night with a striped shirt and his special glove.

Rob Manuel

NightNameStreetSpecialOutShirt

I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

GoodHatePeopleHellSayGoing

It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.

Lucretia Mott

WomanFindHerChristianity

One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

TruthPrinciplesMayComeGrand

If your business had no risk, you could go get a bank loan and call it a day. VCs like risks - without them, venture capital wouldn't exist. But they need to be risks that VCs are good at assessing and managing.

Jose Ferreira

GoodBusinessDayRisksYouGo

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