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Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

Charles Caleb Colton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Health Bad Others More Company Far

My father used to always say to me that, you know, if a guy goes out to steal a loaf of bread to feed his family, they'll give him 10 years, but a guy can do white-collar crime and steal the money of thousands and he'll get probation and a slap on the wrist.

Family Father Money Me You Know

One futuristic novel that had a huge impact on me was Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein,' which is kind of science fiction plus Gothic.

Science Me Impact Kind Fiction

Would I have signed to Def Jam if I knew they was deaf? Nah.

Deaf Would Knew Jam Signed

It's quite unbelievable that Charlie Crist is getting away with this reinvention of himself - this rewriting of history for blatantly political purposes. Other than his gender, the guy has flip-flopped on everything, and I don't put that past him either.

History Past Political Gender Him

I totally remember that: being 25 and unemployed and trying to stretch each cappuccino for 60 minutes.

Remember Trying Stretch Unemployed

The media here is the opposition party. They don't understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.

Media Party Country Donald Trump Why

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

Martina Navratilova

Commitment Pig Chicken Difference

'A Christmas Carol' is an extravagantly symbolic thing - as rich in symbols as Christmas pudding is rich in raisins.

Rich Christmas Symbols Pudding Thing

When you come from the working class and you do well enough whereby you can provide a little bit better for your family, get a decent roof over their head and send them to a good school, that's considered a good thing.

Family Good School Better Enough

I'm a one-woman guy. I think that if you can find someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, you should marry them instantly, and try to stay married.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Life Rest Think Someone You Find

I think they built Hollywood on the West Coast because they were always dreaming of a New World. When they arrived here, the only way to keep dreaming was to make movies. Film was the fourth dimension.

Denis Villeneuve

World Think New Movies Hollywood

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

Brooks Atkinson

Life Growth View Point Of View Point

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