James Payn Quotes

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.

James Payn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HopeGreatEvilPovertyRidiculous

I really never get recognized at all for anything.

Jennifer Ehle

NeverAnythingGetRecognizedReally

Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God.

Robert Grosseteste

GodYouKnowWillPleasureServe

My biggest mistake was when I started up easyEverything, a chain of Internet cafes. The idea that people would go to a shop to use a computer was revolutionary in 1999. It worked for a while, but cheap technology almost killed it. One silver lining of the problems I faced was that it gave me experience of turnarounds.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

TechnologyExperienceMistakePeople

You can't just count on becoming a syndicated cartoonist. I actually tried to calculate the odds once, and the best I could come up with is a 1-in-36,000 chance. And the odds of getting hit by lightning are 1 in 7,900 - which kind of shows how long those odds are.

Stephan Pastis

BestChanceLongYouKindOdds

When we first started, and I jumped in this band, I was like, 'I'm not a singer.' I didn't go to school to sing. I just played to have fun. But these guys teach me, and they show me stuff and give me courage to try new stuff.

Sonny Sandoval

CourageSchoolFunMeHave FunNew

I don't understand the public, but I do believe the public is oversold and underrated every day. Give the people something interesting, something to chew on, I say.

Ry Cooder

DayPeopleBelieveInterestingSay

Ultimately, as a director, you try and tell people where to look, but unlike film or television, where you force them to look at something, you can't control it completely.

Jason Moore

PeopleControlYouLookTelevision

Love to everybody who is out there progressing and taking things to the next level.

DJ Khaled

LoveNextOutNext LevelLevelWho

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself.

Armistead Maupin

LifePressureMysteryYouKnowReal

I'm not afraid to use my personal experiences and put them into a song. I think that's when you get the best stuff anyway, when it's real emotion.

Pixie Lott

BestSongThinkYouPersonalReal

I don't like to shop. It creates so much anxiety.

SZA

AnxietyLikeMuchShopCreates

The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.

Shania Twain

MusicYouReasonVisualSellYour

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