Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Thomas Jefferson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826

Topics

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So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.

Robert Mugabe

MeKeepYourZimbabweEnglandBlair

Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents.

Michael Aston

AbortionPretendMassAbout

When I write a play, and we read it for the first time, the great fear is that everybody is going to say, 'You're a bum and you can't write. This stinks.' and throw the script in the garbage. The great hope is that they're all going to lift me up on their shoulders and carry me to the streets, singing, 'He's a genius, he's a genius!'

Tracy Letts

FearHopeGreatTimeMeSinging

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

Ronald Reagan

HistoryWarBelievePriceCheap

I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen.

Mary Steenburgen

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I don't care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.

Mitski

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I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence.

Louis Sachar

MusicSilenceListenWriteNeed

23andMe set out to try and change healthcare - this is not an easy business. This is not a coffee shop in Austin.

Anne Wojcicki

ChangeBusinessCoffeeHealthcare

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.

Sean Parker

MyselfControlDesireProvePuppet

I went through all my electric bills, the water bills, the phone bills, elevator contracts, and I found enough wasteful spending without reducing any programs anywhere, without reducing any services, I found enough wasteful spending to pay my entire salary for three years.

Thomas Massie

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I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.

Rick Riordan

LoveHopeChildrenTimePeopleWill

Each play I write has its own unique origin story.

Lynn Nottage

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