Tobias Smollett Quotes

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

Tobias Smollett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: March 19, 1721 - September 17, 1771

Topics

FallSometimesRiskMustWhoDares

I was raised with the notion that there is no greater honor than to find a way to serve your country.

Jim Webb

HonorFindCountryWayServeYour

Believe me, I'm not going to try to get into testing.

John Engler

MeBelieveTryTestingGoingGet

I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot drink and oxygen in the event I might need to go back up the mountain to assist descending climbers.

Anatoli Boukreev

MyselfMountainWarmBackPossible

I know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence.

John McCain

GoodExperienceIntelligenceBad

When I'm in the car sometimes it's like, 'Yeah, man, just put on the pop music.' You know what I mean? I don't want to listen to Tom Waits.

Max Greenfield

CarMusicManYouKnowSometimes

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

Jeffrey Sachs

PovertyCrisisAfricaEssence

There was no reason to label us as anti-Semitic.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

ReasonUsNo ReasonLabel

My motivation at the moment is around knowing how it feels to turn a business around, and I can't wait to have that feeling again.

Steve Easterbrook

BusinessMomentWaitMotivationTurn

Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.

Stephen Gardiner

GoodArchitecturePeopleProblems

Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is the seat of our drives, temperaments and patterns of thought.

Steven Pinker

BrainThoughtBehaviorGenesAffect

Brands must be very specific in their choice of social media platforms through which to communicate their CSR or cause messaging.

Simon Mainwaring

Social MediaMediaChoiceThrough

A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best.

Tom Rachman

LifeMyselfBestDeathReadingTrue

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