James Stephens Quotes

In that wide struggle which we call Progress, evil is always the aggressor and the vanquished, and it is right that this should be so, for without its onslaughts and depredations humanity might fall to a fat slumber upon its cornsacks and die snoring.

James Stephens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: February 9, 1882 - December 26, 1950

Topics

StruggleProgressEvilFatDieFall

'Junkhearts' is a great story.

John Boyega

GreatStoryGreat Story

What I would like to do is a thriller. I've been wanting to do that for a long time, but one that was not at all dependent on special effects. Just purely psychological, but will scare the hell out of you. That's what I would like to do. I have not found it yet.

Robert Redford

TimeHellLongYouLong TimeWill

Catsuits were big for me in the '90s, and I had many of them. Even catsuits with shorts in them.

Soleil Moon Frye

MeBigEvenShortsManyThem

The more irrational of us are worried about the millennium ending - as if a date would really matter.

Sting

EndingMatterMoreUsIrrational

I like hurting people.

Tony Bellew

PeopleLikeHurting

I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity.

Robert Baldwin

MediocrityHorrorRisingAbove

My natural state is to be happy. I'm naturally buoyant. I wake up feeling, 'What a great morning!' I've had some tragedy in my life, absolutely, but I don't know one human being who hasn't. You either learn from it and become empowered by it, or you become a victim to it. It's life, after all.

Martin Short

LifeMorningGreatHappyBe Happy

I get so excited about reading a new script.

Michelle Dockery

ReadingNewExcitedGetAbout

I usually get so warned when I go to Detroit, like, 'Oh my God, don't go to this section, don't go to that section.' I've never had any issues in Detroit. I love that there's enough of a racial mix of people to make fun of. I've always had a good time there.

Lisa Lampanelli

LoveGoodGodTimeFunPeople

I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics; but I trust my family jewels only to Linux.

Donald Knuth

FamilyTrustMemoryInternetLinux

I'll let Democrats defend spending our grandchildren broke on entitlements.

Christopher Buckley

GrandchildrenDefendDemocratsBroke

Success to me was getting out of that contract in one piece.

Brenda Holloway

SuccessMeOutContractPiece

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