Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes

The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleLawGentlemanUncertainty

I avoid banks and I've never been in any sort of corporate environment at all.

Jodie Whittaker

EnvironmentNeverBeenAvoidSort

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.

Matt Groening

GunBe CarefulGotCareful

It was trying to break down the stereotypes and it was the kind of thing where, for the first time, women were on a par and not seen as just objects. Though girls were objectified still.

Siouxsie Sioux

WomenTimeTryingDownStereotypes

Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.

Mason Cooley

FaithMountainsYouKeepPushing

My journalistic mission was straightforward: to await the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Nobody knew quite when this would be. But the diplomacy - the meetings in the U.N. security council, the allegations about weapons of mass destruction, the martial language of Tony Blair and George W. Bush - all suggested a war was brewing.

Luke Harding

WarLanguageMeetingsMissionNobody

I knew very early what I wanted to do, and I considered myself lucky to know that's what I wanted, even in a place like Saint Lucia where there was no publishing house and no theatre.

Derek Walcott

MyselfTheatreEarlyHousePlace

I feel, since 2001, this huge need for Americans to have superheroes on the screen. This idea that a super-being will protect you. That this being can go above the law but, at the end of the day, would be a good force and defeat the evil. This idea that this half-god exists. This need in the subconscious of America to find these gods.

Denis Villeneuve

GoodDayLawEvilEndAmerica

I had this thing where I only wanted to work on original material, no adaptations, and obviously, that changed. I really wanted to have the resources and have the space and the time to tell stories that I've really cared about. I've kind of changed my approach, but I've gotten to do that, to tell stories that I really care about.

Dee Rees

WorkTimeSpaceCareKindResources

I often say to people that producing is the best-paid form of cowardice. When you produce things, you almost always get credit if it's a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it's not! You don't really take responsibility for your work.

Brian Eno

WorkGoodResponsibilityPeopleYou

I don't really feel part of the pop scene.

Boy George

FeelPopPartSceneReally

I am all right when I work. I am not superficial and I am not ungrateful.

Brigitte Bardot

WorkI AmRightUngratefulAm

Mostly, I just like to write music and spend time with my family and friends and jam.

Aubrey Peeples

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