Richard Whately Quotes

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.

Richard Whately

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 1, 1787 - October 8, 1863

Topics

FollowJudgmentOrderOwnTraditions

I personally don't distinguish between artistic and commercial films.

Jiang Wen

BetweenCommercialDistinguishFilms

Realize you won't master data structures until you are working on a real-world problem and discover that a hash is the solution to your performance woes.

Robert Love

PerformanceProblemDataSolution

I don't think that the status of a show, big or small, should affect a person's performance.

Sophie Turner

PerformanceSmallThinkPersonBig

People are amazed that I do comedy. I always did comedy.

Sigourney Weaver

PeopleComedyAlwaysDidAmazed

How many times have I heard people say, 'I became very ill a couple of years ago; it got very serious, and I look back and give thanks for how it changed me and the truth I found.'

Michael Leunig

TruthPeopleMeLookBackSerious

When anarchy is declared, the first thing we do, let's kill all the anarchists.

Craig Bruce

FirstAnarchyThingThe First Thing

Back when I was helping put the swing into the swinging '60s, I used to hang out with Cathy McGowan. We'd be doing 'Ready Steady Go!' on T.V., and Biba used to make our dresses. We'd be in the flat in Cromwell Road on Friday night, just before the live show, and they'd still be sewing.

Cilla Black

LiveNightRoadFridayDoingBack

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that.

Aretha Franklin

GodHappyMeGiftPossibleSinger

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.

Willie Nelson

MusicThinkDownCountryBordersHe

Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well.

Pete Rose

BaseballDoingPrettyWellBeen

My son's the most precious thing to me; he's changed me from being selfish to selfless.

Ricardo Antonio Chavira

SonMeSelfishSelflessPreciousHe

I suppose on the filmmaking side, you can learn how to cram a lot into a small space. But I think that advertising, even on what is called the creative side, is incredibly easy if you have that kind of mind. A lot of people regard it as Machiavellian and dangerous, but, in fact, it is morally neutral.

Justin Cartwright

CreativeSpacePeopleMindSmall

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