Horace Quotes

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

Horace

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: roman
  • Birth: 65 BC - 8 BC

Topics

PurposePrideDoingWrongRight

I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan.

Jimi Hendrix

PetMonkeyGotCharlie

The media's job is to question a premise.

Joey Skaggs

JobMediaQuestionPremise

I have always stuck to my guns about what I want from the work and what interests me. I've never been seduced down the evil path. The path of taking the money.

Joel Edgerton

WorkPathMoneyMeEvilDown

I look at characters to see if they have some contrasts to play with; I think that's always what I'm looking for in characters: ones that have a wide range of expression.

Joel Kinnaman

LookingThinkLookPlayAlwaysSee

By serializing two novels in 'Analog,' the world's No. 1, best-selling science fiction magazine, I've had 200,000 words of fiction and three cover stories in that magazine. Quite an enviable record.

Robert J. Sawyer

ScienceWordsWorldThreeFiction

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Sophocles

WisdomManYouDrinkMoreHim

Too many of the career politicians, the established politicians in Washington on both sides of the aisle, are representing their party more than the people. And no matter what the media says, the ballot box will determine what people truly believe.

Matt Bevin

PeopleBelieveMediaCareerParty

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

Chris Jericho

TimeMyselfProblemYesTaking Time

By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation.

Christopher Dodd

OpportunityJobMeetingProsperity

William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan, and Mary Lavin, another Irish writer. There were a lot of writers that I found in 'The New Yorker' in the Fifties who wrote about the same type of material I did - about emotions and places.

Alice Munro

ThinkAmericanEmotionsNewIrish

A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.

Alfred Nobel

LoveHeartFoodPersuasionMore

As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.

Willie Nelson

FightingLongFarmersOutKeepFew

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