Thomas de Quincey Quotes

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.

Thomas de Quincey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 15, 1785 - December 8, 1859

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LaughLongNobodyWillComplexion

Something I didn't even know was on my bucket list has been achieved. I have cooked Thanksgiving dinner with Martha Stewart. I vow to follow the gospel of her teachings and do my very best in the remarkably less glamorous kitchen of my own home... without the luxury of magically appearing prep bowls filled by a staff of sous chefs.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

HomeBestDinnerKitchenLuxury

Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer?

Andres Segovia

MatterViolinSingerCelloElectric

As a kid, I was obsessed with Broadway cast recordings, and I would totally mimic and memorize every little choice that these actors made.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

ChoiceKidLittleCastWouldMade

The way I look at it, everything is a trade. You acquire some money, so then you've got no financial burdens, but everyone wants your money and so who can you trust? Or you've got no money and you can trust anyone, but then you've got the worry to pay bills. Which is worse?

Matt LeBlanc

TrustMoneyFinancialWorryLook

Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'This is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'

Michael Gurian

FatherTimeMomentCultureDayMen

My father was one of the first six guys ashore on Iwo Jima. He's 86 years old now, and every single night of his life, he has nightmares, and he wakes yelling.

Jeff Lindsay

LifeFatherNightNowFirstSingle

What I perceive in science fiction is that it's more about how everything looks than what's going on, which I think is just difficult if you're an action character. I think they are about character, not about what it looks like.

Sigourney Weaver

CharacterScienceActionThinkYou

God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency.

Robert Browning

GodJusticeReachProveNeverTrack

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.

Rufus Choate

LoveHappyYouthReadingFastUp

These audiences are so damn smart, way smarter than the studios give them credit for.

Dean Devlin

SmartCreditDamnWayGiveSmarter

I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

MarriageWomanManThinkGayShould

It's logical and fair to allow only registered or self-identified Democrats to choose their party's nominee (although numerous states do have open primaries). Letting more non-Democrats choose the nominee doesn't guarantee success in a November general election. And it does nothing to encourage people to join and work for the party.

William M. Daley

WorkSuccessPeopleChooseParty

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