Horace Walpole Quotes

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.

Horace Walpole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 24, 1717 - March 2, 1797

Topics

RespectMoreNonsenseDeafnessSense

The king must die so that the country can live.

Maximilien Robespierre

LiveKingDieCountryMust

I will be the first to admit that the sanctity of life and the preservation of religious freedom are not even among the top ten concerns of most voters. But those issues should be of primary importance to those who call themselves Christians.

Robert Jeffress

LifeFreedomAdmitWillFirstTop

I actually didn't grow up in New York. I grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Max Casella

New YorkGrowNewGrow UpUpGrew

I am not in the least eloquent or fluent with languages. My writing on social media is quite pedestrian. But even if it was near any acceptability, I would not be in a position to pen a script or a book.

Amitabh Bachchan

Social MediaI AmWritingBookMedia

On one level, I am a massive joker and can't take anything seriously, but on the other hand, I'm incredibly serious and a deep thinker, so I have that dichotomy within me.

Shura

I AmMeDeepSeriousSeriouslyHand

I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against Protestant, but no agnostic suicide bombers attack crowded atheist pubs.

Simon Hoggart

ReligionSomeoneSuicideKnowAttack

One of America's greatest strengths is the soft power of our value system and how we treat prisoners of war, and we don't torture.

Tom Ridge

PowerWarValueTreatAmericaSoft

In 1993, my first documentary was about the civil war in Algeria. That was in French and in Arabic. Another short film I did was silent. What I'm trying to say is that, yes, I'm Italian, and yes, I make films with Italian money, but personally, I've always been invested in the broader world of film-making.

Luca Guadagnino

MoneyWarWorldShortTryingSilent

As the saying goes, I want to be the best-looking corpse there is.

Janice Dickinson

SayingWantGoesCorpse

If we allow our self-congratulatory adoration of technology to distract us from our own contact with each other, then somehow the original agenda has been lost.

Jaron Lanier

TechnologyLostContactOwnOriginal

Blacks essentially play the race card, when necessary as a counter to white privilege.

Jonathan Coleman

WhitePlayPrivilegeRaceNecessary

I don't have a life, really. I take my kids to school, and I go home, and I write. Then I go pick my kids up, make them dinner, put them to bed, and write some more.

Derek Cianfrance

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