James Madison Quotes

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

James Madison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 16, 1751 - June 28, 1836

Topics

HappinessGovernmentPeopleLiberty

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

ManFriendsQuestionsCountryAsk

You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.

Mel Brooks

YourselfYouPersonAlwaysLittle

A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does.

Robert Morgan

PoetryVoiceConnectionDiscovery

I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computers and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together.

Steve Jobs

GoodFriendHumorTogetherComputers

I do not want to be misunderstood that you need a dose of persecution in order, really, to have a sense of your identity. Otherwise, you know, there would be no American Jews. Even if you're not strictly, fiercely Orthodox, you commit yourselves to a community of memory.

Simon Schama

CommunityIdentityMemoryAmerican

I love everything that Cormac McCarthy has written.

Roger Deakins

LoveEverythingMcCarthyI Love

There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.

Marvin Hagler

WorkRespectGreatFocusMeWorld

Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and also lose the habits needed to hold down any job.

Janet Yellen

WorkJobLoseDownSkillsBecome

I don't know a single Republican in Montana who would get in a fight in a bowling alley for John McCain.

Brian Schweitzer

FightKnowRepublicanSingleBowling

I gravitate to rhythmic music, so I listen to jazz, world music, Indian music, Hawaiian music, all kinds.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

MusicWorldJazzListenKinds

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.

William Temple

BeautyHealthYourselfYouMayStay

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

William Penn

FoolManEnoughBadOwnVain

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