Thomas de Quincey Quotes

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.

Thomas de Quincey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeWifeMoreConscienceExpensive

What I'm good at is making art.

Jock Sturges

GoodArtMaking

My father raised me to build computers, hardware. Literally, as an 8 year old, I had a soldering iron and circuit boards, and this was in neighbourhoods that wouldn't have a whole lot of money or anything. And I figured out ways to just hustle.

Jidenna

FatherMoneyMeComputersYearOut

I'm always an advocate of 'acting is reacting,' which can be difficult.

Maxine Peake

ActingDifficultAlwaysAdvocate

I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.

John le Carre

GreatThinkReligionsUsGivenAny

I've always loved kickboxing.

Mauro Ranallo

LovedAlwaysKickboxing

We need to stop thinking about infrastructure as an economic stimulant and start thinking about it as a strategy. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth.

Roger McNamee

GrowthStartFoundationThinking

We got an old saying: I would rather you punch my teeth down my throat than throw a popcorn punch!

Roddy Piper

SayingYouDownTeethPopcornOld

You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work. If you do not, everything will stick out like elbows.

Louis Malle

WorkStoryKeyYouFindWill

I have no affectation when I speak.

Lisa Kudrow

SpeakAffectation

Now, we can't stop the devil from coming against us, but we can overcome him each time - if we exercise the authority of Jesus and decide not to put up with him.

Joyce Meyer

TimeDevilExerciseStopAuthority

For some students, school is the only place where they get a hot meal and a warm hug. Teachers are sometimes the only ones who tell our children they can go from an Indian reservation to the Ivy League, from the home of a struggling single mom to the White House.

Denise Juneau

HomeChildrenSchoolMomWarmHouse

Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.

Doris Lessing

SocietyDependentOurSomeCollapse

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