James Thomson Quotes

I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?

James Thomson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: September 11, 1700 - August 27, 1748

Topics

NatureBeautyReflectionAmazing

Writing is just always hard for me. It always feels like drawing blood. It's never particularly easy.

Jenny Han

MeWritingDrawingEasyBloodNever

The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.

Michael Jackson

LoveMusicGreatBeeBrilliantJust

You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good.

Robert De Niro

WorkGoodCharacterMomentDirection

I believe if a sentence is to retain its strength over time, it needs to be carefully made.

Romesh Gunesekera

StrengthTimeBelieveI BelieveOver

Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.

Mignon McLaughlin

UniverseYouPowerfulPriceWant

Republican politics have been off-kilter for several years now because a large segment of the conservative base does not look back fondly on the Bush presidency.

Jonah Goldberg

PoliticsLookBackNowConservative

The faux now of Twitter updates and things pinging at you - all the pulses from digitality that we try to keep up with because we sense that there's something going on that we need to tap into - are artifacts, or symptoms of living in this atemporal reality. And it's not any worse than living in the 'time is money' reality that we're leaving.

Douglas Rushkoff

TimeMoneyRealityYouLivingTry

I have great respect for Greg Knapp, who was my quarterbacks coach in Denver for three years. He taught me so much about playing quarterback in the NFL and made me a better football player.

Brock Osweiler

RespectGreatFootballMeBetter

Really, I've been working forever, just doing music, and then all of a sudden, out of the blue, everybody is just on it.

Ty Dolla Sign

MusicBlueDoingOutForeverBeen

I can't tell you the number of times people have told me if I just lost 10kg, I could go much further in my career. But I'm determined to show them - and other average-size women - it is doable and possible.

Ricki-Lee Coulter

WomenPeopleMeYouCareerPossible

And Lennie Tristano I like a lot, I still like him.

Mose Allison

HimStillLikeLot

I have had a really terrible makeover experience gone wrong. For a job, I was wearing a tank top that came a little low, and I was told to pluck my chest hair. I went and shaved it, but they wanted to pluck them!

Kendrick Sampson

ExperienceJobHairWrongTopGone

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