Jane Welsh Carlyle Quotes

I have lived so long among people who do not understand me, been so long accustomed to refrain and disguise myself for fear of being laughed at, that I have grown as difficult to come at as a snail in a shell; and what is worse, I cannot come out of my shell when I wish it.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: January 14, 1801 - April 21, 1866

Topics

FearMyselfPeopleMeWishLong

Hospitality is central to the restaurant business, yet it's a hard idea to define precisely. Mostly, it involves being nice to people and making them feel welcome. You notice it when it's there, and you particularly notice it when it isn't. A single significant lapse in this area can be your dominant impression of an entire meal.

John Lanchester

BusinessWelcomePeopleRestaurant

I am often invited to speak at colleges, and whenever I do Q and A's, a question that inevitably comes up is, 'How do you put up with the blogosphere?' It's a valid question, and I don't really know what answer to give. The truth is that I don't know what to do.

Meghan McCain

TruthI AmSpeakTruth IsYouKnow

My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of my father's. My father would tell a very, very long story, and the punch line would be in Yiddish.

Stephen Greenblatt

FatherStoryLongLineTellPunch

It's a great privilege to be asked to help the country - even if it occasionally comes with some degree of criticism.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

GreatCriticismHelpCountryDegree

I'm pretty much open to anyone who's unique and has mutual appreciation in the music as BTS.

Suga

MusicAppreciationUniqueOpenMuch

When I was, like, 10, I cooked a three-course meal for my family.

Sonoya Mizuno

FamilyMealLikeCooked

I want a little black girl to pick up my book one day and see herself as the star. I want her to know that she's beautiful, and she matters, and she can have a crazy, magical adventure even if an ignorant part of the world tells her she can never be Hermione Granger.

Tomi Adeyemi

GirlBeautifulDayAdventureCrazy

When I went in, my editor said, 'I hope you don't think you're a writer.' And I said, 'I hope you don't think I'm a journalist.' And, uh, turned out we were both right.

Julia Cameron

HopeThinkYouSaidRightOut

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

Jean de la Bruyere

BeautifulFeelBeautiful ThingsUs

It's easy to be silly in real life, but making stuff up onstage, that seemed hard. Better to be the funny person off-the-cuff in the room than to risk being unfunny onstage.

Janet Varney

LifeFunnyBetterSillyEasyPerson

I think we should all come together, and that race and color or social demographics really don't matter.

JoJo

TogetherColorThinkMatterRace

Life has many turns.

Diego Costa

LifeManyTurns

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