Lin Yutang Quotes

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.

Lin Yutang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: October 10, 1895 - March 26, 1976

Topics

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Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.

Jim Rohn

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Whence, then, did the cathedral derive its power? Clearly here: It took back the family into the confidences of religion. It taught man and woman how the human and the divine love could go hand in hand.

Jenkin Lloyd Jones

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The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees at Guantanamo.

John Yoo

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I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

Steve Martin

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My entry into the field of hydrogen came as a great surprise. President Bush of the United States was interested in hydrogen for energy applications, and I was asked to chair a committee on hydrogen for the Department of Energy.

Mildred Dresselhaus

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We hoped to get a TV show, and we almost did, but 'The State' beat us out for this MTV show. So because they were there, and 'SNL' and 'Kids in the Hall' were there, we thought, 'Let's go try to do what Python did, and instead, let's make movies.'

Jay Chandrasekhar

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'Philomena' was even better than I had expected. I was so pleased to see the evil Irish nuns thoroughly exposed, and I thought Judi Dench gave a flawless performance, as did everybody else.

Claire Tomalin

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Until you prove yourself, modeling the behavior of iconoclasts is dangerous.

Brad Stone

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I hold myself to a very high standard. But you're going to make mistakes. You've got to erase it and move forward.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

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It's crazy that you have to tell your phone or your computer or your house or your car 'It's me!' hundreds of times a day. Wearables will solve that problem.

Astro Teller

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My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.'

Allison Williams

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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

Pythagoras

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