Alexander Pope Quotes

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

Alexander Pope

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744

Topics

ManBlessedNothingNeverWhoHe

I had written a novel that was more of a classic linear novel, and I worked on it and worked on it for years, and it always seemed like it wouldn't catch fire. At a certain point I just scrapped it all, and I kept maybe 15 percent of it, and I wrote those parts out on note cards.

Jenny Offill

FireCardsMoreClassicAlwaysOut

Sure, you would lose more bombers without fighters, but, flying in formation, you could get the job done.

Stuart Symington

JobFlyingYouLoseDoneMore

Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.

Rob Reiner

ChangeYourselfHelpRippleYouFix

If you are in Mountain View, you don't resonate with the needs of urban dwellers. Tumblr couldn't have emerged in Sunnyvale.

Roelof Botha

MountainViewYouUrbanNeeds

I didn't have statistics in my mind when I was racing. It was always a consequence - a nice consequence. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the reason I was racing.

Michael Schumacher

MindRacingStatisticsNiceReason

The world stage is very difficult. It's not easy to be on the world stage.

Mohammed Morsi

WorldEasyDifficultStageVery

We have a responsibility to promote stem cell research which could lead to treatments and cures for diseases affecting millions of Americans.

Louise Slaughter

ResponsibilityResearchLeadStem

Obviously, I carved out a pretty successful path and career for myself. But I'm kind of fascinated with, for lack of a better term, Renaissance men. And women. People who do a lot of different things.

CM Punk

WomenPathMyselfMenPeopleBetter

Who wouldn't want to be wizard, at least for a day, as long as you didn't have the dilemmas and the situations that Merlin was thrown into. I'd be happy if you could actually use the powers to have a bit of fun and do something good for the world and maybe for yourself, whereas Merlin's kind of limited in that he has to look after Arthur.

Colin Morgan

GoodDayYourselfFunHappyWorld

I have a doughnut every morning. The same kind, from a street cart. Vanilla frosted with sprinkles on one half, weirdly. How hard is it to sprinkle the whole thing?

Allison Williams

MorningKindStreetHardSameHalf

The majority of the DC and Marvel comic lines are white male characters, and the minute you make Thor a woman or Captain America a black guy, the Internet is filled with hateful comments and people saying, 'That's not what Captain America is supposed to look like.'

Wyatt Cenac

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When you look at Kennedy and Nixon, TV played a crucial part in Kennedy's popularity. He was incredibly photogenic, while Nixon was this scowling figure. American viewers judged him on his appearance on TV.

Peyton Reed

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