James Payn Quotes

It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for people with empty stomachs, and though I am well aware that the present profane ones think this very reprehensible, I venture to agree with the sacred writers.

James Payn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 28, 1830 - March 25, 1898

Topics

GreatI AmPeopleThinkPresent

In 2008, I was one of millions united for hope and change. As 2010 dawns, change looks to me like more of the same. Instead of peace, we got more war. Instead of health care reform, we have an industry win that requires Americans to buy health insurance without any real cost controls.

Jodie Evans

ChangeHopeHealthPeaceWarWin

Many exercise forms - aerobic, yoga, weights, walking and more - have been shown to benefit mood.

Andrew Weil

WalkingExerciseMoodMoreBeen

Mostly, I think of myself as having great common sense. I've always been proud of that. Was I a terrific student? Absolutely not. But put me in a roomful of people, and I don't think I'm ever going to embarrass myself.

Matt Lauer

GreatMyselfPeopleMeProudThink

I may not have gone to high school every day, but I spent whole a lot of my adolescence feeling vulnerable and confused and alone... just like everybody else.

Michael Cera

AloneDaySchoolHigh SchoolFeeling

I'm homosexual... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green.

Jean Genet

EyesGreenQuestionsKnowWhyIdle

I always try and keep a jacket from everything I do. I've still got my original coat from 'Snatch' and my jacket from 'This Is England'.

Stephen Graham

TryJacketAlwaysEverythingCoat

What I don't understand is why men have decided that they like wearing hats indoors. It makes no sense to me.

Russell Smith

MenMeHatsWhyUnderstandNo Sense

A few times a week, I'll put on La Roche-Posay's Active C Facial Moisturizer. That's probably my favorite cream. It clears up my skin a bit and provides more of an anti-wrinkle element.

Mary Helen Bowers

WeekSkinMoreActiveUpFavorite

Being an athlete, my job was to physically perform.

Mike Schultz

JobAthleteBeingPerformPhysically

My artistic decision to cast my mother's objects into bronze moves beyond the notions of memorializing her. I've been fascinated for some time with the idea of monumentality and what it means to memorialize. Both of these notions are relevant historically, artistically, and culturally.

Mickalene Thomas

MotherTimeDecisionBeyondHer

A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion.

Michael Morpurgo

MemoryMeStoryCreateMy OwnReal

Flash is one of those very useful, very closed, very proprietary non-weblike things that has great tools and serves a need very well. But in the long run, we see video as part of the web, and it should be handled just the way other html elements are.

Mitchell Baker

GreatToolsLongRunWayNeed

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