James Thomson Quotes

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

James Thomson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I think a lot of my anxieties and fears are things that are very abstract.

Jens Lekman

ThinkAbstractThingsI ThinkFears

One October day in 1976, a Cuban airliner exploded over the Caribbean and crashed, killing all 73 people aboard. There should have been 74. I had a ticket on that flight, but changed my reservation at the last moment and flew to Havana on an earlier plane.

Stephen Kinzer

MomentDayPeopleFlightOverLast

And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee.

Stephen Breyer

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People tend to not forgo purchasing a cellphone. In many places in the world, the first time they get on the Internet is through a cellphone. Pretty significant economic push, particularly in the emerging market.

Steve Mollenkopf

TimePeopleWorldInternetPush

I am putting pressure on myself to do my best and perform to my potential.

Sidney Crosby

MyselfBestI AmPotentialPressure

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Robert Frost

PoetryLostTranslationGets

Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather.

Molly Ivins

LieWeatherBetterFeelOfficeDays

We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children.

Joycelyn Elders

LoveChildrenStartNeedOverGet

As kids, my mom would always let us help bake, and if we behaved, we got to lick the beaters clean.

Johnny Iuzzini

MomHelpCleanAlwaysUsKids

I feel that I will be more of a feature director, and I will go away completely from videos. I want to do features and have written several of them. I'm looking to be more like a Steven Spielberg.

Chris Stokes

LookingFeelGoWantWillMore

Like any other boy in the world that does a little bit of rough-and-tumble and playing around when they're a kid, who doesn't want to be an action star at some point?

Chris Vance

WorldActionWantBoyKidStar

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

Aristotle

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