Sydney Smith Quotes

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

Sydney Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 3, 1771 - February 22, 1845

Topics

StyleYouPenRunWillThrough

Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games.

Jerry Kramer

LifeBestMy LifePlayWatching

I want people to think through issues. I'm just tired of blind alignment.

Joel Salatin

TiredPeopleThinkBlindWantJust

Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever new, that man does not live by bread alone.

John Hannah

EducationLiveAloneManDiscovery

What is it about a baby bump that makes people feel it's okay to say things like, 'God! You are big!'

Megyn Kelly

GodPeopleBabyFeelYouSay

When you win a Grammy, it links a certain prestige and importance to you, you know? People want to talk to you.

Stanley Clarke

PeopleWinYouKnowWantTalk

I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.

Stephanie Zimbalist

LifeWorkFatherBusinessBlessing

In truth, there is no rational argument for guns in this society. This is no longer a frontier nation in which people hunt their own food. It is a crowded, overwhelmingly urban country in which letting people have access to guns is a continuing disaster.

Molly Ivins

TruthFoodPeopleSocietyCountry

The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to work for them.

Michael Moore

WorkBusinessMoneyWorldOutUs

When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening - there wasn't no 24-hour news.

Dick Gregory

MorningEveningNewsFirstThrough

Virtually nothing Barack Obama has done has left America or the world better since he became president. Nearly everything he has touched has been made worse.

Dennis Prager

WorldBetterAmericaDoneNothing

There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

Donnie Yen

StrongArtsMartial ArtsEast Coast

I taught at a cotillion. I was one of the teenage helpers when I was in high school. But we're talking very basic.

Christopher Gorham

SchoolHigh SchoolTalkingHighVery

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