George Santayana Quotes

The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be.

George Santayana

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: spanish
  • Birth: December 16, 1863 - September 26, 1952

Topics

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Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.

Jerry Seinfeld

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Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.

John C. Maxwell

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To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.

John Drinkwater

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At home I can become lazy and if a Welsh word is really long, I just replace it with English.

Matthew Rhys

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There's something quite joyful about doing comedy which doesn't really need much analysis. I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.

Steve Coogan

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I've always felt more prepared whenever I do my makeup.

Tori Bowie

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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.

Rosa Parks

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Well, I don't have an agenda.

Ron Perlman

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Intent to harm America is not required to make the mishandling of information criminal - it simply requires that the actor was grossly negligent.

Mike Pompeo

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Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Don Marquis

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I always believe writing is an indispensable part of one's political armoury.

Boris Johnson

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I consider myself endlessly lucky to have access to the Internet and technology. Through it, I've found myself and have been able to join a new discourse of females, young and old, who strive to change the way we look and treat ourselves.

Petra Collins

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