Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: October 30, 1751 - July 7, 1816

Topics

FriendVanityWhyPraiseAnything

My whole life has been one of seeking experience.

Jerry Kramer

LifeExperienceWholeBeenSeeking

There will be an electronic currency, and it will be universal, and we must accept that fact.

John McAfee

AcceptWillUniversalMustCurrency

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

John Henry Newman

MenWordsIdeasThinkStandNothing

The reality is, because of access to film, you don't have a lot of black people who want to go behind the camera. We raise our children to want to be in front of the camera and shine, and that's on us.

Michael Ealy

ChildrenPeopleShineBlackReality

I was a topper till class tenth and wanted to initially be a scientist.

Sonu Nigam

ClassWantedScientistTillTenth

Art seduces, but does not exploit.

Mason Cooley

ArtDoesExploit

Ultimately, as a director, you try and tell people where to look, but unlike film or television, where you force them to look at something, you can't control it completely.

Jason Moore

PeopleControlYouLookTelevision

I like to move forward and notice things along the roadside that indicate where I should go.

Josh Homme

ForwardGoThingsWhereMoveAlong

I have one closet that's just shoes. The woman go, 'Amen,' and the men go, 'Oh my God.' It's color-coordinated from the ceiling to the floor, from evening to casual.

Dianne Reeves

GodShoesMenWomanEveningGo

Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream.

Debby Boone

ChangeDreamsSeedsSeedDreamEver

My experience is, I do a table reading, and it's literally like it's written in colossal neon lights what's wrong with the screenplay.

Peter Morgan

ExperienceReadingTableWrongLike

Monetary policy itself cannot sensibly be directed at reducing imbalances.

Timothy Geithner

PolicyCannotMonetary PolicyItself

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