Jane Porter Quotes

People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.

Jane Porter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: 1776 - 1850

Topics

TruthGreatnessPeopleThinkJudges

I don't necessarily think of myself as a feminist, but I'm a whole person.

Jill Scott

MyselfThinkPersonWholeFeminist

It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters, whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely.

John le Carre

CommunityIntelligenceThinkLonely

Vaccines save lives; fear endangers them. It's a simple message parents need to keep hearing.

Jeffrey Kluger

FearSimpleParentsNeedVaccines

These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.

Jeff Greenfield

PeopleSome PeopleWhoCommitted

If I could wave a magic wand, I would be a size 6 and still be able to eat cake every day.

Amanda de Cadenet

DayCakeWaveMagicEvery DaySize

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.

Tom Brown, Jr.

CourageDriveOwlWillSpiritSize

You know, in a way, I wish I could hate a little more. It would make me a more rounded personality.

Rod McKuen

HatePersonalityMeWishYouKnow

Don't feel you have to stick to plans, because something better might come up; and try to blend in, because you see more. I've learnt that the principles of moving around a big city are the same everywhere; only the people and streets are different.

Michael Urie

PeopleCityMovingBetterFeelYou

I just write... I follow the melodies that I can't forget/the ones that pop up in my brain the most.

Lou Barlow

BrainWriteFollowUpJustPop

I think of each record as different and not having very much in common with what went before or what comes next.

Julia Holter

ThinkNextCommonDifferentI Think

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

Cheryl James

LifePeaceMy LifeDoingPeaceful

I've been diagnosed with what's called vocal tension dysphonia. The muscles around my vocal chords kind of constrict my vocal chords from doing what they should do. It's kinda like being a body builder and you have muscles that are so large that they don't allow you to have flexibility, if that makes sense.

Brian Littrell

DoingYouBodyKindFlexibility

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