Horace Walpole Quotes

He would be a very absurd legislator who should pretend to set bounds to his country's welfare, lest it should perish by knowing no bounds.

Horace Walpole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CountryKnowingPretendWelfareSet

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.

John le Carre

ConfidenceHistoryYouLoseSecrets

Living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me.

Anna Nicole Smith

MeSmallSmall TownLivingKnew

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

Jean-Marc Vallee

HumbleBe HumbleTryDirectorScene

Don't believe everything you see on VH1.

Stewart Copeland

BelieveYouEverythingSeeVH1

I am biased to my show as a whole but it is still very entertaining.

Rob Mariano

I AmEntertainingShowWholeStill

I'm really encouraged by the progress I've seen with what they're doing with the women in WWE, but I feel like there's a lot more than can be done.

Ronda Rousey

WomenProgressFeelDoingDoneMore

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

WorkGoodSeriousJokesCould

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.

Jean Anouilh

LifeLiveHistoryLife Is ATalk

Soul music as we've always known it hasn't changed. There are different players now with different attitudes, but there is nothing new being done musically.

Don Cornelius

MusicSoulNewDoneNowNothing

I think every actor wants to try out different things.

Donnie Yen

ThinkActorTryOutThingsI Think

I actually was raised Baptist. I'm from the South, so you definitely know a lot of conservative people.

Clark Duke

PeopleYouKnowConservativeBaptist

If you are not happy when you're weightless, then something's wrong.

Brian Binnie

HappyYouWrongSomethingThen

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