Thomas Paine Quotes

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.

Thomas Paine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 29, 1737 - June 8, 1809

Topics

GoodManReligionBadKnowHim

We need to, you know, restore people. We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.

Joel Osteen

PeopleYouMercyKnowMeanNeed

Once you've taken account of the quality of sibling relationships, knowing about the quality of parenting doesn't add much information.

Robert J. Waldinger

ParentingQualitySiblingInformation

Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.

Aneurin Bevan

ManRichStandFar AwayForgetAway

After a show, I'll get the 16-year-old white kid whose lip is pierced, his head is shaved and his parents hate him, and the young gangster from the screwed-up 'hood, and they say that now they realize there's someone out there who thinks like they do.

Michael Franti

HateParentsGangsterSomeoneHood

Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say 'no.' But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow.

Stephen Colbert

WisdomWorldSayingHurtRejection

I lost years of my life to prison because of two-dimensional and misogynist stereotypes.

Amanda Knox

LifePrisonMy LifeLostStereotypes

I'm the only one in the family who stumbled into acting.

Rocky Carroll

FamilyActingOnlyWhoStumbled

African leaders work really under severe limitations and constraints.

Mo Ibrahim

WorkLimitationsConstraintsLeaders

You know, violence, I think, knocks on everyone's door.

Juanes

DoorThinkViolenceYouKnowKnocks

We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek.

Jones Very

RelationshipGreatnessThoughtsFeel

There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.

Christian Louboutin

ClothesThingsMillionDirecting

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with some real people.

Chuck D

PeopleStartConfusedDownWrong

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