Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

Charles Caleb Colton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: 1780 - 1832

Topics

MenWarLossBadPrinciplesTyrants

My boys told me they'd rather play than practice.

Jimmy Smith

PracticeMePlayRatherThan

Friends often tell me how much their grandchildren enjoy 'Are You Being Served?' It doesn't matter that they were not even born when it was broadcast, or that they belong to a very different world.

Jeremy Lloyd

MeWorldFriendsEnjoyYouBorn

I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.

John Millington Synge

GoodMeReadingYouPenKind

I have been extremely fortunate to have incredibly special fans support my work throughout my twelve year career.

Matt Czuchry

WorkSupportYearCareerSpecial

Comedy is important! When you're having a stressful day, and you come home, you want to watch something that makes you laugh.

Michael Cudlitz

HomeDayLaughComedyYouImportant

When I went home at 20 to tell my parents, 'I don't want to be an engineer, I want to try and write books,' I was braced for, 'That's not gonna happen.' But I didn't get that response, and maybe it was because of my dad's experience of having an artistic dream and having to put it aside.

Michael Connelly

HomeExperienceParentsDreamWant

I like creating the illusion that suddenly I've just done five things at once.

Stephen Karam

IllusionCreatingDoneThingsJust

I used to be really into Kundalini yoga, and all the teachers show up, and they always wear white because they say it expands their aura by several feet, so I thought, 'If it works for them...'

Sophie Hawley-Weld

FeetThoughtWhiteSayTeachersUp

I think I'm not really into the handsome, chivalrous knight; I like the bad boys.

Sophie Turner

ThinkHandsomeBadKnightLike

Give luck a chance to happen.

Tom Kite

LuckChanceHappenGive

New Jersey has more Superfund sites than other state in the nation, but considerable progress has been made.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

ProgressNewMoreNationJersey

Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation.

Mary Bono

GrowingDisabilityNationAutismOur

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